How to Install Selenium on MacOS?

In this article, we will learn how to install Selenium in Python on MacOS.  

The selenium package is used to automate web browser interaction from Python.

Installation:

Method 1: Using pip to install Selenium

Follow the below steps to install the Selenium on macOS using pip:

Step 1: Install the latest Python3 in MacOS

Step 2: Check if pip3 and python3 are correctly installed.

python3 --version
pip3 --version

Step 3: Upgrade your pip to avoid errors during installation.

pip3 install --upgrade pip

Step 4: Enter the following command to install Selenium using pip3.

pip3 install selenium

Method 2: Using setup.py to install Selenium 

Follow the below steps to install the Selenium package on macOS using the setup.py file:

Step 1: Download the latest source package of Selenium for python3 from here.

curl https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ed/9c/9030520bf6ff0b4c98988448a93c04fcbd5b13cd9520074d8ed53569ccfe/selenium-3.141.0.tar.gz > selenium.tar.gz

Step 2: Extract the downloaded package using the following command.

tar -xzvf selenium.tar.gz

Step 3: Go inside the folder and Enter the following command to install the package.

Note: You must have developer tools for XCode MacOS installed in your system

cd selenium-3.141.0
python3 setup.py install

Verifying Selenium installation on macOS:

Make the following import in your python terminal to verify if the installation has been done properly:

import selenium

If there is any error while importing the module then is not installed properly.

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