Installing selenium for Python in Windows 7

Question

I am trying to install "selenium-2.44.0" for "Python-3.4.1" on Windows 7 64 bit machine. I downloaded "selenium-2.44.0.tar.gz" and extracted to "Desktop" folder.

When I execute the command:

C:\Python34>python C:\Users\User_Name\Desktop\selenium-2.44.0\setup.py install

I get the following output:

running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
creating selenium.egg-info
writing selenium.egg-info\PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to selenium.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
writing top-level names to selenium.egg-info\top_level.txt
writing manifest file 'selenium.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
warning: manifest_maker: standard file 'setup.py' not found

error: package directory 'py\selenium' does not exist

running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
creating selenium.egg-info
writing selenium.egg-info\PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to selenium.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
writing top-level names to selenium.egg-info\top_level.txt
writing manifest file 'selenium.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
warning: manifest_maker: standard file 'setup.py' not found

error: package directory 'py\selenium' does not exist

But, within "selenium-2.44.0" folder, "py\selenium" directory exists.

Help!!

Thanks

This works correctly for me on Windows 7 using Python 3.4 and selenium 2.44.0. Not sure what's going on with yours. Maybe try reinstalling. Or you could try installing using pip: c:\python34\scripts\pip.exe install selenium — Mike Driscoll
– Mike Driscoll, Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 21:39
Hi Mike, I had tried that previously but got some error messages saying that pip is unable to find any packages named selenium. But, when i tried the pip command again, it reinstalled selenium. Let me use selenium and inform about the integrity consistency. Thanks, for your help!! — Arun
– Arun, Commented Oct 31, 2014 at 0:53

Mike Driscoll · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-31 13:04:22Z

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As I mentioned in the comments, I can install selenium using the following when in the untarred archive's directory:

c:\Python34\python.exe setup.py install

This worked for me on Windows 7 with selenium 2.44.0.

Another way to install it would be to use pip:

c:\python34\scripts\pip.exe install selenium

Occasionally when installing packages on Windows, the package you download is corrupted or incomplete and you need to try reinstalling.

answered Oct 31, 2014 at 13:04

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3 Comments

Arun Over a year ago

Thanks for the explanation Mike. Appreciate it!!

Pontios Over a year ago

The second worked perfectly!! Thank you! I used pip.exe install -U selenium as they suggest in their site: pypi.python.org/pypi/selenium#downloads

oldboy Over a year ago

how do you i update selenium in windows 10 cmd? i forgot what i used to do

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