I am on the following Ubuntu version on WSL Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Release: 24.04 Codename: noble I am running Python 3.12.3 I need to install selenium 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 I have admin rights on the machine When I try to install the particular version $ sudo pip install selenium=4.2.0 error: externally-managed-environment × This environment is externally managed ╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to install. (I am pasting only the relevant part of the error message) So next I tried the same using apt-get $sudo apt-get install python3-selenium=4.2.0 Package python3-selenium is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Version '4.2.0' for 'python3-selenium' was not found How do I get this version for the python3-selenium package? Selenium website has the 4.2.0 package but then I would have to install it with pip which again give the managed environment error So how do I do this? Continue reading...
