How to Install Python and Selenium in Linux (Ubuntu)?

To install Selenium means to set up a project in a development so you can write a program using Selenium.

Supported Python Versions:

• Python 2.6, 2.7
• Python 3.2, 3.3

Step 1: Install pip, if not already installed:

pip is a package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python. You can install it by typing:

sudo apt-get install python-pip

Step 2: Install or upgrade the Python bindings:

pip install -U selenium

Alternately, you can download the source distribution from PyPI (e.g. selenium-2.45.tar.gz), unarchive it, and run:

python setup.py install