diff --git a/aider/commands.py b/aider/commands.py
index d964733e9..702deaf70 100644
--- a/aider/commands.py
+++ b/aider/commands.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import git
 from aider import models, prompts, voice
 from aider.help import Help, install_help_extra
 from aider.llm import litellm
-from aider.scrape import Scraper
+from aider.scrape import Scraper, install_playwright
 from aider.utils import is_image_file
 
 from .dump import dump  # noqa: F401
@@ -65,17 +65,17 @@ class Commands:
             return
 
         if not self.scraper:
-            self.scraper = Scraper(print_error=self.io.tool_error)
+            res = install_playwright(self.io)
+            if not res:
+                self.io.tool_error("Unable to initialize playwright.")
+
+            self.scraper = Scraper(print_error=self.io.tool_error, playwright_available=res)
 
         content = self.scraper.scrape(url) or ""
         # if content:
         #    self.io.tool_output(content)
 
-        instructions = self.scraper.get_playwright_instructions()
-        if instructions:
-            self.io.tool_error(instructions)
-
-        content = f"{url}:\n\n" + content  # noqa: E231
+        content = f"{url}:\n\n" + content
 
         return content
 
diff --git a/aider/scrape.py b/aider/scrape.py
index da935611e..7eed88da9 100755
--- a/aider/scrape.py
+++ b/aider/scrape.py
@@ -12,14 +12,59 @@ aider_user_agent = f"Aider/{__version__} +{urls.website}"
 
 # Playwright is nice because it has a simple way to install dependencies on most
 # platforms.
-PLAYWRIGHT_INFO = """
-For better web scraping, install Playwright chromium:
+
+
+def install_playwright(io):
+    try:
+        from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright
+
+        has_pip = True
+    except ImportError:
+        has_pip = False
+
+    try:
+        with sync_playwright() as p:
+            p.chromium.launch()
+            has_chromium = True
+    except Exception as err:
+        dump(err)
+        has_chromium = False
+
+    if has_pip and has_chromium:
+        return True
+
+    pip_cmd = utils.get_pip_install(["aider-chat[playwright]"])
+    chromium_cmd = "playwright install --with-deps chromium".split()
+
+    cmds = ""
+    if not has_pip:
+        cmds += " ".join(pip_cmd) + "\n"
+    if not has_chromium:
+        cmds += " ".join(chromium_cmd) + "\n"
+
+    text = f"""For the best web scraping, install Playwright:
 
 {cmds}
-
 See {urls.enable_playwright} for more info.
 """
 
+    io.tool_error(text)
+    if not io.confirm_ask("Install playwright?", default="y"):
+        return
+
+    if not has_pip:
+        success, output = utils.run_install(pip_cmd)
+        if not success:
+            io.tool_error(output)
+            return
+
+    success, output = utils.run_install(chromium_cmd)
+    if not success:
+        io.tool_error(output)
+        return
+
+    return True
+
 
 class Scraper:
     pandoc_available = None
@@ -27,7 +72,7 @@ class Scraper:
     playwright_instructions_shown = False
 
     # Public API...
-    def __init__(self, print_error=None):
+    def __init__(self, print_error=None, playwright_available=None):
         """
         `print_error` - a function to call to print error/debug info.
         """
@@ -36,13 +81,14 @@ class Scraper:
         else:
             self.print_error = print
 
+        self.playwright_available = playwright_available
+
     def scrape(self, url):
         """
         Scrape a url and turn it into readable markdown.
 
         `url` - the URLto scrape.
         """
-        self.try_playwright()
 
         if self.playwright_available:
             content = self.scrape_with_playwright(url)
@@ -88,46 +134,8 @@ class Scraper:
 
         return content
 
-    def try_playwright(self):
-        if self.playwright_available is not None:
-            return
-
-        try:
-            from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright
-
-            has_pip = True
-        except ImportError:
-            has_pip = False
-
-        try:
-            with sync_playwright() as p:
-                p.chromium.launch()
-                has_chromium = True
-        except Exception:
-            has_chromium = False
-
-        if has_pip and has_chromium:
-            self.playwright_available = True
-
-        pip_cmd = utils.get_pip_cmd("playwright")
-        chromium_cmd = "playwright install --with-deps chromium".split()
-
-        cmds = ""
-        if not has_pip:
-            cmds += " ".join(pip_cmd) + "\n"
-        if not has_chromium:
-            cmds += " ".join(chromium_cmd) + "\n"
-
-        text = PLAYWRIGHT_INFO.format(cmds=cmds)
-
     def get_playwright_instructions(self):
-        if self.playwright_available in (True, None):
-            return
-        if self.playwright_instructions_shown:
-            return
-
-        self.playwright_instructions_shown = True
-        return PLAYWRIGHT_INFO
+        return
 
     def scrape_with_httpx(self, url):
         import httpx
diff --git a/aider/utils.py b/aider/utils.py
index 9fccac6ee..5e1827d3c 100644
--- a/aider/utils.py
+++ b/aider/utils.py
@@ -224,18 +224,21 @@ def run_install(cmd):
                 last_update = current_time
 
         return_code = process.wait()
+        output = "".join(output)
+
+        dump(output)
 
         if return_code == 0:
             print("\rInstallation complete.")
             print()
-            return True, ''.join(output)
+            return True, output
 
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         print(f"\nError running pip install: {e}")
 
     print("\nInstallation failed.\n")
 
-    return False, ''.join(output)
+    return False, output
 
 
 def check_pip_install_extra(io, module, prompt, pip_install_cmd):
@@ -263,8 +266,7 @@ def check_pip_install_extra(io, module, prompt, pip_install_cmd):
     except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
         pass
 
-    for line in output:
-        print(line)
+    io.tool_error(output)
 
     print()
     print(f"Failed to install {pip_install_cmd[0]}")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 836b244c3..f096f7b6d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ backoff==2.2.1
     # via -r requirements/requirements.in
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
     # via -r requirements/requirements.in
-cachetools==5.3.3
-    # via google-auth
 certifi==2024.7.4
     # via
     #   httpcore
@@ -60,48 +58,12 @@ gitdb==4.0.11
     # via gitpython
 gitpython==3.1.43
     # via -r requirements/requirements.in
-google-ai-generativelanguage==0.6.6
-    # via google-generativeai
-google-api-core[grpc]==2.19.1
-    # via
-    #   google-ai-generativelanguage
-    #   google-api-python-client
-    #   google-generativeai
-google-api-python-client==2.136.0
-    # via google-generativeai
-google-auth==2.31.0
-    # via
-    #   google-ai-generativelanguage
-    #   google-api-core
-    #   google-api-python-client
-    #   google-auth-httplib2
-    #   google-generativeai
-google-auth-httplib2==0.2.0
-    # via google-api-python-client
-google-generativeai==0.7.1
-    # via -r requirements/requirements.in
-googleapis-common-protos==1.63.2
-    # via
-    #   google-api-core
-    #   grpcio-status
-greenlet==3.0.3
-    # via playwright
 grep-ast==0.3.2
     # via -r requirements/requirements.in
-grpcio==1.64.1
-    # via
-    #   google-api-core
-    #   grpcio-status
-grpcio-status==1.62.2
-    # via google-api-core
 h11==0.14.0
     # via httpcore
 httpcore==1.0.5
     # via httpx
-httplib2==0.22.0
-    # via
-    #   google-api-python-client
-    #   google-auth-httplib2
 httpx==0.27.0
     # via openai
 huggingface-hub==0.23.4
@@ -158,49 +120,24 @@ pathspec==0.12.1
     #   grep-ast
 pillow==10.4.0
     # via -r requirements/requirements.in
-playwright==1.45.0
-    # via -r requirements/requirements.in
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.47
     # via -r requirements/requirements.in
-proto-plus==1.24.0
-    # via
-    #   google-ai-generativelanguage
-    #   google-api-core
-protobuf==4.25.3
-    # via
-    #   google-ai-generativelanguage
-    #   google-api-core
-    #   google-generativeai
-    #   googleapis-common-protos
-    #   grpcio-status
-    #   proto-plus
-pyasn1==0.6.0
-    # via
-    #   pyasn1-modules
-    #   rsa
-pyasn1-modules==0.4.0
-    # via google-auth
 pycodestyle==2.12.0
     # via flake8
 pycparser==2.22
     # via cffi
 pydantic==2.8.2
     # via
-    #   google-generativeai
     #   litellm
     #   openai
 pydantic-core==2.20.1
     # via pydantic
-pyee==11.1.0
-    # via playwright
 pyflakes==3.2.0
     # via flake8
 pygments==2.18.0
     # via rich
 pypandoc==1.13
     # via -r requirements/requirements.in
-pyparsing==3.1.2
-    # via httplib2
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
     # via litellm
 pyyaml==6.0.1
@@ -215,7 +152,6 @@ regex==2024.5.15
     # via tiktoken
 requests==2.32.3
     # via
-    #   google-api-core
     #   huggingface-hub
     #   litellm
     #   tiktoken
@@ -225,8 +161,6 @@ rpds-py==0.18.1
     # via
     #   jsonschema
     #   referencing
-rsa==4.9
-    # via google-auth
 scipy==1.13.1
     # via -r requirements/requirements.in
 smmap==5.0.1
@@ -248,7 +182,6 @@ tokenizers==0.19.1
     # via litellm
 tqdm==4.66.4
     # via
-    #   google-generativeai
     #   huggingface-hub
     #   openai
 tree-sitter==0.21.3
@@ -259,14 +192,10 @@ tree-sitter-languages==1.10.2
     # via grep-ast
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
     # via
-    #   google-generativeai
     #   huggingface-hub
     #   openai
     #   pydantic
     #   pydantic-core
-    #   pyee
-uritemplate==4.1.1
-    # via google-api-python-client
 urllib3==2.2.2
     # via requests
 wcwidth==0.2.13
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-browser.txt b/requirements/requirements-browser.txt
index d6d63717b..6fc4ee300 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-browser.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-browser.txt
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ attrs==23.2.0
 blinker==1.8.2
     # via streamlit
 cachetools==5.3.3
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../requirements.txt
-    #   streamlit
+    # via streamlit
 certifi==2024.7.4
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../requirements.txt
@@ -88,9 +86,7 @@ pillow==10.4.0
     #   -c requirements/../requirements.txt
     #   streamlit
 protobuf==4.25.3
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../requirements.txt
-    #   streamlit
+    # via streamlit
 pyarrow==16.1.0
     # via streamlit
 pydeck==0.9.1
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
index 96e927a91..17002d43c 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ pygments==2.18.0
     #   rich
     #   sphinx
 pyparsing==3.1.2
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../requirements.txt
-    #   matplotlib
+    # via matplotlib
 pyproject-hooks==1.1.0
     # via
     #   build
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-hf-embed.txt b/requirements/requirements-hf-embed.txt
index f592ff8a1..1063714d0 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-hf-embed.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-hf-embed.txt
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ fsspec==2024.6.1
     #   llama-index-core
     #   torch
 greenlet==3.0.3
-    # via
-    #   -c requirements/../requirements.txt
-    #   sqlalchemy
+    # via sqlalchemy
 h11==0.14.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../requirements.txt
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-playwright.in b/requirements/requirements-playwright.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09c9ecee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/requirements-playwright.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-c ../requirements.txt
+
+playwright
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-playwright.txt b/requirements/requirements-playwright.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b3faa7b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/requirements-playwright.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
+# by the following command:
+#
+#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements/requirements-playwright.txt requirements/requirements-playwright.in
+#
+greenlet==3.0.3
+    # via playwright
+playwright==1.45.0
+    # via -r requirements/requirements-playwright.in
+pyee==11.1.0
+    # via playwright
+typing-extensions==4.12.2
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../requirements.txt
+    #   pyee
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.in b/requirements/requirements.in
index 2a60f6a53..783c55acf 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements/requirements.in
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ beautifulsoup4
 PyYAML
 Pillow
 diff-match-patch
-playwright
 pypandoc
 litellm
 flake8
diff --git a/scripts/pip-compile.sh b/scripts/pip-compile.sh
index ffc0e9784..7efa35f95 100755
--- a/scripts/pip-compile.sh
+++ b/scripts/pip-compile.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pip-compile \
     --output-file=requirements.txt \
     $1
 
-for SUFFIX in dev hf-embed browser; do
+for SUFFIX in dev hf-embed browser playwright; do
 
     pip-compile \
         requirements/requirements-${SUFFIX}.in \
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 83dbf56d7..3f1568a3e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ requirements = get_requirements()
 dev_requirements = get_requirements("dev")
 hf_requirements = get_requirements("hf-embed")
 browser_requirements = get_requirements("browser")
+playwright_requirements = get_requirements("playwright")
 
 # README
 with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ setup(
         "dev": dev_requirements,
         "hf-embed": hf_requirements,
         "browser": browser_requirements,
+        "playwright": playwright_requirements,
     },
     python_requires=">=3.9,<3.13",
     entry_points={