Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement selenium; No matching distribution found for selenium while installing Selenium on Python3.6.5

Question

pip install selenium

throws error as:

Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement selenium;
No matching distribution found for selenium

Please guide as to how to proceed

Yes, it throws the error: pip3 is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. — Tanushree Chandhok, Dec 10 '18 at 09:39
Try `sudo apt-get install python3-pip` then do the pip3 install again — deadcode, Dec 10 '18 at 09:49
I am using Windows 7 professional; sudo apt-get install python3-pip throws the same error of not being recognized as an internal/external command — Tanushree Chandhok, Dec 10 '18 at 09:56
Can you run `pip -V` and `pip install -vvv selenium` and add the output of both commands to the question? If the output gets too big, use some online service like pastebin.com. — hoefling, Dec 10 '18 at 19:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '18 at 11:59

This error message...

Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement selenium;
No matching distribution found for selenium

...implies that the Python Client was unable to install the Selenium related modules.

Your main issue probhably with either with the pip version or the Python installation.

Solution

Uninstall the current Python installation.
As you are on Windows 7 professional OS use CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores before the new installation of Python Client.
Download and install a fresh version of compatible Python 3.6.5 binary/executable.

Ensure you are using latest version of pip (latest version 18.0 is available now):

C:\Users\username>python -m pip install --upgrade pip
Collecting pip
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5f/25/e52d3f31441505a5f3af41213346e5b6c221c9e086a166f3703d2ddaf940/pip-18.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.3MB)
    100% |¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦| 1.3MB 544kB/s
Installing collected packages: pip
  Found existing installation: pip 10.0.1
    Uninstalling pip-10.0.1:
      Successfully uninstalled pip-10.0.1
Successfully installed pip-18.0

Install latest version of Selenium:

C:\Users\username>pip install selenium
Collecting selenium
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b8/53/9cafbb616d20c7624ff31bcabd82e5cc9823206267664e68aa8acdde4629/selenium-3.14.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (898kB)
    100% |¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦| 901kB 380kB/s
Requirement not upgraded as not directly required: urllib3 in c:\python\lib\site-packages (from selenium) (1.22)
Installing collected packages: selenium
  Found existing installation: selenium 3.12.0
    Uninstalling selenium-3.12.0:
      Successfully uninstalled selenium-3.12.0
Successfully installed selenium-3.14.0

Or:

C:\Python35\Scripts\pip.exe install selenium

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 31 '20 at 14:54

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I had the same problem. I have conda, so I used it and it worked like a charm!

$conda install selenium

answered Mar 31 '20 at 14:54

Mahsa

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 25 '20 at 15:53

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Instead of typing in pip install silenium I just entered: "pip.exe install selenium" and this worked for me

answered Sep 25 '20 at 15:53

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 14 '21 at 15:29

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This worked for me:

Deactivate proxy Settings in Internet Explorer
Run pycharm in Windows 10 as Administrator
Then Upgrade pip with: pip install --upgrade pip
Install Selenium with: pip3 install selenium

edited Oct 14 '21 at 15:29

Neuron

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answered Oct 14 '21 at 12:35

user17150351

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Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement selenium; No matching distribution found for selenium while installing Selenium on Python3.6.5

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