docs(appium): Add notes about the server install (#18858)

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Mykola Mokhnach
2023-07-10 08:10:47 +00:00
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:bangbang: Appium core team does not maintain Appium 1.x anymore since the 1st of January 2022. All recent versions of officially supported platform drivers are not compatible to Appium 1.x, and require Appium 2 to run. [Please read the migration guide from 1.x to 2.0](https://appium.io/docs/en/latest/guides/migrating-1-to-2/) to manage the Appium server.
:bangbang: If you still use the deprecated Appium Desktop containing the built-in server then you won't be able to upgrade to Appium 2. Consider switching to [Appium Inspector](https://github.com/appium/appium-inspector) instead.
### Requirements
- macOS, Linux or Windows operating system
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ To install Appium 2 server using Node Package Manager (npm) run the following co
npm install -g appium
```
:bangbang: Make sure Appium 1 is fully unistalled before upgrading it to Appium 2 (`npm uninstall -g appium`). Unexpected errors might appear if this has not been done.
### Drivers
Appium supports app automation across a variety of platforms, like iOS,