What is Pandas

Pandas is an data analysis module for the Python programming language. It is open-source and BSD-licensed.

Pandas is used in a wide range of fields including academia, finance, economics, statistics, analytics, etc.

Install Pandas

The Pandas module isn't bundled with Python, so you can manually install the module with pip.

pip install pandas

Linux

If you use Linux, you can use one of the commands below to install pandas.

For Ubuntu Users

sudo apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlibipythonipythonnotebook
python-pandas python-sympy python-nose

For Fedora Users

sudo yum install numpyscipy python-matplotlibipython python-pandas sympy
python-nose atlas-devel

Windows

For Windows uses, you can do the following:

virtualenv -p python3 envname

source env/bin/activate
pip install pandas

pip is likely in:

C:\Python34\Scripts\pip3.exe

Apple Mac OS X

To install pandas on Mac OS X, first install python. If Python is not installed,

brew install python

Then install pandas with pip.

pip install pandas