How to Install Python and Selenium in Windows?

Follow these instructions to setup Python and Selenium test environment on Windows:

Step 1: Install Python 3.4 using the MSI available in python.org download page.

Step 2: Start a command prompt using the cmd.exe program and run the pip command as given below to install selenium.
   C:\Python34\Scripts\pip.exe install selenium

Step 3: Now you can run your test scripts using Python. For example, if you have created a Selenium based script and saved it inside C:\my_selenium_script.py, you can run it like this:

   C:\Python34\python.exe C:\my_selenium_script.py

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