I’ve been working with Selenium for several years, and I’ve encountered the “no module named Selenium” error a few times. Here’s a step-by-step solution that might help:
If you have pip installed, you can install Selenium by running:
pip install selenium
If you encounter permission issues, you may need to use sudo:
sudo pip install selenium
For Python 3, you can install Selenium with pip3:
sudo pip3 install selenium
In comparison to easy_install, pip is considered a more reliable package installer and was designed to improve upon easy_install’s shortcomings.
When starting new projects, especially involving Selenium or other dependencies, creating and using virtual environments is recommended. Virtual environments help isolate project dependencies and prevent conflicts.