The term "'pip' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program" error installing Selenium Python bindings

Question

I am trying to install Python Selenium, pip install selenium, but I get this error:

File "", line 1 pip3 install selenium ^^^^^^^ SyntaxError: what is the solution for invalid syntax

Snapshot:

Answer 1

This error message...

pip : The term 'pip' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that
the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ pip install -U PySide
+ ~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (pip:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

...implies that system was unable to locate pip.

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Solution

This error is shown on windows when user tries to use pip in the command prompt. To address this error on windows os you need to add the path of the Python Interpreter to the system Path variable.

To see a list of things you can do with pip, you can execute the command on your terminal:

py -m pip

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Additionally, you may need to upgrade pip as follows:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

Then you can simply install or upgrade the Selenium Python bindings as follows:

pip install -U selenium