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Getting error (OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied) while tryng to install selenium on jupyter notebook using pip

I have used ! pip install selenium and getting the following error-

ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'c:\\programdata\\anaconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\certifi-2020.12.5-py3.8.egg-info\\dependency_links.txt'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.

Not getting how to consider '--user' while installing the package

Solution

  • I had the same problem, this helped

    pip install selenium --user