How do I install Python Pandas?

Question

I'm trying to install Pandas (python package) on Ubuntu. I can't find it in the repos. Is there a package repo for this or do I have to install from source?

Answer 1

It's in the Python package index - use easy_install or pip.

sudo aptitude install python-setuptools # installs easy_install for your python version
sudo easy_install pandas

Replace aptitude with apt-get if your version doesn't have aptitude installed, or use synaptic or whatever package manager your version has installed by default.

Answer 2

Searching for "pandas" at packages.ubuntu.com yields no hits, so the answer is no, there is no Ubuntu package in the official repos.

Follow the instructions here to install.

Answer 3

I'm taking python class, professor suggests us to install in this way, pip is much better than setuptools and easy_install

sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo pip install numpy
sudo pip install pandas

Answer 4

The solution with easy_install didn't install properly on a Ubuntu 12.04 system, while

sudo apt-get install python-pandas

did a proper install.

Answer 5

Ubuntu 11.10 64bit sudo pip install pandas

error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

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Command /usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools;file='/root/build/pandas/setup.py';exec(compile(open(file).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), file, 'exec'))" install --single-version-externally-managed --record /tmp/pip-9Awy7x-record/install-record.txt failed with error code 1 Exception information: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 126, in main self.run(options, args) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 228, in run requirement_set.install(install_options, global_options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 1093, in install requirement.install(install_options, global_options) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req.py", line 566, in install cwd=self.source_dir, filter_stdout=self._filter_install, show_stdout=False) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/init.py", line 255, in call_subprocess % (command_desc, proc.returncode)) InstallationError: Command /usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools;file='/root/build/pandas/setup.py';exec(compile(open(file).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), file, 'exec'))" install --single-version-externally-managed --record /tmp/pip-9Awy7x-record/install-record.txt failed with error code 1