Selenium on Anaconda 2 not opening firefox
Question: I'm a beginner python user and try to use selenium to open Firefox on Win 10
and Anaconda 2.5. I just downloaded Firefox and installed selenium on
Anaconda, so they are up to date. When I type the following:

    
    
    from selenium import webdriver
    browser = webdriver.Firefox()
    

Firefox open in the task bar for a second and disappears. But if I close the
cmd line, Firefox opens on the window. The cursor on the cmd prompt is
flickering so when I wait, then I get the error message. How can I solve this?

> Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File
> "C:\Anaconda2\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\webdriver.py",
> line 59, in **init** self.binary, timeout), File "C:\Anaconda2\lib\site-
> packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\extension_connection.py", line 47, in
> **init** self.binary.launch_browser(self.profile) File
> "C:\Anaconda2\lib\site-
> packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\firefox_binary.py", line 61, in
> launch_browser self._wait_until_connectable() File "C:\Anaconda2\lib\site-
> packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\firefox_binary.py", line 105, in
> _wait_until_connectable self.profile.path, self._get_firefox_output()))
> selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'Can\'t load the
> profile. Profile Dir: c:\users\kwan\appdata\local\temp\tmplb0d6s Firefox
> output: 1464547978869\taddons.manager\tDEBUG\tLoaded provider scope for
> resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm:
> ["XPIProvider"]\r\n1464547978870\taddons.manager\tDEBUG\tLoaded provider
> scope for resource://gre/modules/LightweightThemeManager.jsm:
> ["LightweightThemeManager"]\r\n1464547978873\taddons.manager\tDEBUG\tLoaded
> provider scope for
> resource://gre/modules/addons/GMPProvider.jsm\r\n1464547978874\taddons.manager\tDEBUG\tLoaded
> provider scope for
> resource://gre/modules/addons/PluginProvider.jsm\r\n1464547978875\taddons.manager\tDEBUG\tStarting
> provider:
> XPIProvider\r\n1464547978875\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tstartup\r\n1464547978876\taddons.xpi\tINFO\tMapping
> fxdriver@googlecode.com to
> c:\users\kwan\appdata\local\temp\tmplb0d6s\extensions\fxdriver@googlecode.com\r\n1464547978876\taddons.xpi\tINFO\tSystemAddonInstallLocation
> directory is missing\r\n1464547978876\taddons.xpi\tINFO\tMapping
> e10srollout@mozilla.org to C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla
> Firefox\browser\features\e10srollout@mozilla.org.xpi\r\n1464547978876\taddons.xpi\tINFO\tMapping
> firefox@getpocket.com to C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla
> Firefox\browser\features\firefox@getpocket.com.xpi\r\n1464547978877\taddons.xpi\tINFO\tMapping
> loop@mozilla.org to C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla
> Firefox\browser\features\loop@mozilla.org.xpi\r\n1464547978878\taddons.xpi\tINFO\tMapping
> {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd} to C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla
> Firefox\browser\extensions\\{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.xpi\r\n1464547978878\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tSkipping
> unavailable install location app-system-
> share\r\n1464547978878\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tSkipping unavailable install
> location app-system-local\r\n1464547978878\taddons.xpi\tINFO\tMapping
> web2pdfextension@web2pdf.adobedotcom to C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat
> 11.0\Acrobat\Browser\WCFirefoxExtn\r\n1464547978879\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tcheckForChanges\r\n1464547978879\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tLoaded
> add-on state from prefs: {"app-
> profile":{"fxdriver@googlecode.com":{"d":"c:\\\users\\\kwan\\\appdata\\\local\\\temp\\\tmplb0d6s\\\extensions\\\fxdriver@googlecode.com","e":false,"v":"2.40.0","st":1464547977236,"mt":1464547977189}},"app-
> system-defaults":{"e10srollout@mozilla.org":{"d":"C:\\\Program Files
> (x86)\\\Mozilla
> Firefox\\\browser\\\features\\\e10srollout@mozilla.org.xpi","e":true,"v":"1.0","st":1462246394000},"firefox@getpocket.com":{"d":"C:\\\Program
> Files (x86)\\\Mozilla
> Firefox\\\browser\\\features\\\firefox@getpocket.com.xpi","e":true,"v":"1.0","st":1462246394000},"loop@mozilla.org":{"d":"C:\\\Program
> Files (x86)\\\Mozilla
> Firefox\\\browser\\\features\\\loop@mozilla.org.xpi","e":true,"v":"1.2.6","st":1462246394000}},"app-
> global":{"{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}":{"d":"C:\\\Program Files
> (x86)\\\Mozilla
> Firefox\\\browser\\\extensions\\\\{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.xpi","e":true,"v":"46.0.1","st":1462246394000}},"winreg-
> app-global":{"web2pdfextension@web2pdf.adobedotcom":{"d":"C:\\\Program Files
> (x86)\\\Adobe\\\Acrobat
> 11.0\\\Acrobat\\\Browser\\\WCFirefoxExtn","e":false,"v":"2.0","st":1458012184487,"mt":1348422236000}}}\r\n1464547978880\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tExisting
> add-on fxdriver@googlecode.com in app-
> profile\r\n1464547978880\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tgetModTime: Recursive scan of
> e10srollout@mozilla.org\r\n1464547978881\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tExisting add-on
> e10srollout@mozilla.org in app-system-
> defaults\r\n1464547978881\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tgetModTime: Recursive scan of
> firefox@getpocket.com\r\n1464547978881\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tExisting add-on
> firefox@getpocket.com in app-system-
> defaults\r\n1464547978881\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tgetModTime: Recursive scan of
> loop@mozilla.org\r\n1464547978882\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tExisting add-on
> loop@mozilla.org in app-system-
> defaults\r\n1464547978882\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tgetModTime: Recursive scan of
> {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}\r\n1464547978882\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tExisting
> add-on {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd} in app-
> global\r\n1464547978882\taddons.xpi\tDEBUG\tExisting add-on
> web2pdfextension@web2pdf.adobedotcom in winreg-app-global\r\n'


Answer: Thanks guys who viewed my posts. I figured out the solution. I googled
"anaconda selenium install" and there is a hit on top and I followed it. The
thing is its command installs Selenium 2.40 but the current version is 2.53.
Anaconda does not have Selenium package so "conda install selenium" does not
work. BUT you can still use "pip install selenium" and it will install the
latest selenium

