[Python] Python libsvm: TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'kernel_type'

I was trying to execute the libsvm example given at https://stackoverflow.com/a/4215056 but I get the error TypeError mentioned in the title.

from svm import *
prob = svm_problem([1,-1],[[1,0,1],[-1,0,-1]])
param = svm_parameter(kernel_type = LINEAR, C = 1)
## training the model
m = svm_model(prob, param)
#testing the model
m.predict([1, 1, 1])

Error:
param = svm_parameter(kernel_type = LINEAR, C = 1)
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'kernel_type'

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