Python: installed selenium package not detected

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I am using the Anaconda python distribution and would like to use the selenium package. Unfortunately the distribution does not have selenium included in it so I installed it using the recommended:

pip install -U selenium

the distribution FAQ say this should work fine but when I try to use it I get python telling me it does not know anything about this package.

i.e.

>>> import selenium
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named selenium

I checked and the /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages directory does have selenium within it. How do I point my python distribution to this so I can use the package?

The reason this is happening might be because your Anaconda is pointing to a different python path whereas you are installing the modules in a different python path. That can only be the reason as far as I see, because I just did the same process and it easily imports the selenium package. — Arpit Goyal
– Arpit Goyal, Commented May 26, 2015 at 5:54

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:17:42Z

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Following the advice of a comment in this question I installed Selenium using the pip installed with the distribution.

~/anaconda/bin/pip install -U selenium

I did not know about this before but it seems to have worked.

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Matt Over a year ago

For Windows users, this also works if you run 'pip install -U selenium' inside the 'C:\Users\yourname\Anaconda3' directory with command prompt / power shell.

Deqing · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-10 04:38:18Z

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Following works for me:

conda install -c conda-forge selenium

Please check the Selenium page in Anaconda website for details.

answered Nov 10, 2017 at 4:38

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Bono · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-05 18:11:07Z

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Try:

conda install -c metaperl selenium=2.40.0

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Bono Over a year ago

While this code may answer the question, it would be better to include some context, explaining how it works and when to use it. Code-only answers are not useful in the long run.

dopexxx Over a year ago

This tried to force me to downgrade python 3.7 to 2.7, so be careful!

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