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?
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Ensure you're getting the most up to date version of pandas (the one in the repo is 0.7 whilst the latest stable is 0.13.1).– haydCommented Feb 27, 2014 at 2:08
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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
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Do note that numpy docs state that a pip installed numpy might be slower than one that was apt-get installed.– don.joeyCommented Nov 10, 2015 at 15:44
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This method can install the latest pandas version (0.18.0) in ubuntu 14.04.4– zhihongCommented Apr 12, 2016 at 12:54
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For python3, install pip using "sudo apt-get install python3-pip" Commented Jul 10 at 4:00
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.
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6Worth mentioning that this will install the much older version 0.7 of pandas was bundled in 12.04 (the current version is 0.13.1).– haydCommented Feb 27, 2014 at 2:07
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I just did this on ubuntu 14.04, but when I run
# python -c 'import pandas;'I get Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named pandas– ShadiCommented May 13, 2016 at 7:34 -
It turns out that
apt-get installinstalls pandas into/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandaswhich was not on my python path. To check the python path I usedpython -c 'import sys; print sys.path;'. The working import ispython -c 'import sys; sys.path.append("/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages"); import pandas as pd;'– ShadiCommented May 13, 2016 at 7:41 -
2on ubuntu 18.04, if you prefer python3, simply do :
sudo apt-get install python3-pandasCommented Mar 6, 2019 at 11:55
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.
sudo pip3 install pandas
This will install the latest version of pandas for Python 3 whereas apt-get does not.
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you just need to install pip3 command first, with "sudo apt install python3-pip". Commented Feb 4, 2019 at 14:12
An alternative method to install pandas, which can be done without sudo, is to use Anaconda:
- Download the linux build continuum website: http://continuum.io/downloads
Run the file and follow the installation instructions:
bash Anaconda-1.9.1-Linux-x86_64.sh # file may have different version numbers
This will install python and pandas (and lots of other modules) in an anaconda directory in home (by default).
You can update to the latest version of pandas (along with other modules) using conda:
conda update pandas
You can also create virtual environments and other useful things...
The problem this solves, over pip, is that there are issues in software dependencies of some modules (scipy especially is tricky) or versions compiled against an incorrect version of numpy.
It's useful to be on the latest version for bug-fixes and performance enhancements! A lot has changed since version 0.7 (which is the version packaged in 12.04).
To install through > bash Anaconda.. you need to have bzip2 installed
sudo apt-get install bzip2
then follow Hayd's suggested procedure
Also make sure to install it on your home dir (without root) and to source .bashrc so you do not have to open a new session as requested
source ~/.bashrc
then proceed with
conda update pandas
Hope that helps!
