Installing Selenium Webdriver Python Package

There are different way to set up  Selenium WebDriver  with Python

If you have pip on your system, you can simply install or upgrade the Python bindings:

PIP: It will download the latest version of the packages and install it on your machine.

-U : The optional –U  will upgrade to the latest version of the existing installed package.

Option 1:

1.   First go to the directory where you’ve installed Python. Type below command at command line

pip install  selenium

Ex: C:\python\pythonLatest>pip install  Selenium

if you want to upgrade the currently installed selenium Webdriver package. Just you need to add -U

ex: pip install -U Selenium

Note : if you have already Latest Version of Selenium Webdriver it will return the status as Already up-to-date

Option2:

Alternately, you can download the source distribution from PyPI (e.g. selenium-x.xxx.x.tar.gz), unarchive it, and run:

1   Download the Selenium source code bundle from the below link.

       https://pypi.org/project/selenium/#files

Extract the source into the folder(Ex: selenium-Latest).

      Navigate to Command Line and type the below command
     EX: 
     C:\python\pythonLatest>cd selenium-Latest
     C:\python\pythonLatest\selenium-Latest>python setup.py install
     
    How to Install Selenium WebDriver Package in PyCharm IDE 
     
        1) Select Settings.. under File menu

        2) Select the Project Interpreter under Project:<Project Name>

       3)   Select the Project Name in the Project List in Right side box for installing the Packages

       Ex: examples

      4)   Click on the + sign

      5)   It will open Available Packages windows then type which Package you want (Ex: Selenium) then click on Install Package button in the bottom of the    window.

    Drivers
     Selenium requires a driver to interface with the chosen browser. Firefox, for  example, requires gecko driver, which needs to be installed before the  executing your scripts.
    Download the browser drivers from below link:
    https://www.seleniumhq.org/download/

     Now you are ready to create and run your  simple Selenium scripts with Python.