How To Install python3-selenium on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-selenium on Debian 11.
What is python3-selenium
python3-selenium is:
Python3 language bindings for Selenium WebDriver.
The selenium package is used automate web browser interaction from Python.
Several browsers/drivers are supported (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer,
PhantomJS), as well as the Remote protocol.
The webdriver parts itself are not included in this package.
There are three methods to install python3-selenium on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-selenium Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-selenium using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-selenium
Install python3-selenium Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-selenium using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-selenium
Install python3-selenium Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-selenium using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-selenium
How To Uninstall python3-selenium on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-selenium package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-selenium
Uninstall python3-selenium And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-selenium and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-selenium
Remove python3-selenium Configurations and Data
To remove python3-selenium configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-selenium
Remove python3-selenium configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-selenium configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-selenium
Dependencies
python3-selenium have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-selenium package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.