>pip install webdrivermanager - Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.

[sathishalthus-learning]

Prerequisites

For issues

Steps to reproduce the issue

pip install robotframework
pip install --upgrade robotframework-seleniumlibrary
pip install webdrivermanager
-- note : both in c: or in virtual environment

Error messages and additional information

Collecting webdrivermanager
Using cached webdrivermanager-0.10.0.tar.gz (33 kB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
exit code: 1
╰─> [31 lines of output]
C:\Users\Sathish Althus\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-iepgg5o1\webdrivermanager_8109961131654d29879155c324efd338\versioneer.py:421: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
LONG_VERSION_PY['git'] = '''
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "d:\workspaces\python\tutorial-env\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 353, in
main()
File "d:\workspaces\python\tutorial-env\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 335, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "d:\workspaces\python\tutorial-env\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 118, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return hook(config_settings)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Sathish Althus\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-7aw67l2_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 325, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self.get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=['wheel'])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Sathish Althus\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-7aw67l2\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 295, in get_build_requires
self.run_setup()
File "C:\Users\Sathish Althus\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-7aw67l2\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 480, in run_setup
super(BuildMetaLegacyBackend, self).run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
File "C:\Users\Sathish Althus\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-7aw67l2\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 311, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "", line 47, in
File "C:\Users\Sathish Althus\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-iepgg5o1\webdrivermanager_8109961131654d29879155c324efd338\versioneer.py", line 1480, in get_version
return get_versions()["version"]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Sathish Althus\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-iepgg5o1\webdrivermanager_8109961131654d29879155c324efd338\versioneer.py", line 1412, in get_versions
cfg = get_config_from_root(root)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Sathish Althus\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-iepgg5o1\webdrivermanager_8109961131654d29879155c324efd338\versioneer.py", line 342, in get_config_from_root
parser = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'configparser' has no attribute 'SafeConfigParser'. Did you mean: 'RawConfigParser'?
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

Expected behavior and actual behavior

webdriver installed successfully

Environment

Operating System: Windows 11
Libraries

• Robot Framework: robotframework-7.0
• Selenium: Version
• SeleniumLibrary: robotframework-seleniumlibrary-6.2.0

[MarkNewell-OMES]

Were you ever able to fix this error? I'm getting the same error and have so far found no fix.

[rasjani]

1. Since Selenium (the python side) now has selenium-manager baked into its python distribution - webdrivermanager is somewhat obsolete. It provides the same functionality as webdrivermanager but at runtime if underlying Selenium is new enough.
2. Maybe this issue should be moved to https://github.com/MarketSquare/webdrivermanager/issues
3. Submitted a patch to fix the issue; Fix deprecated codepath with ConfigParser MarketSquare/webdrivermanager#106