How To Install python3-selenium on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-selenium on Ubuntu 20.04. python3-selenium is Python3 bindings for Selenium

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-selenium on Ubuntu 20.04.

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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-selenium package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.