How to Install Python Pandas on Windows and Linux?
Published on Aug. 22, 2023, 12:15 p.m.
To install Pandas in Python, you can use the pip package manager. Here are the steps to install Pandas on Windows and Linux:
On Windows:
- Open Command Prompt or PowerShell as an administrator.
- Run the following command to install Pandas:
pip install pandas
On Linux:
- Open your terminal.
- Run the following command to install Pandas:
pip3 install pandas
Note that you may need to use sudo
before the pip
or pip3
command if you are not running as a superuser.
Once the installation is complete, you can import Pandas in your Python code using the following line:
import pandas as pd
This will allow you to use the Pandas library in your Python code.
There are several resources available online to learn and practice Pandas. Here are a few demos and tutorials that you may find helpful:
- The official Pandas documentation provides many resources for learning and practicing Pandas, including a 10-minute introductory tutorial and a full user guide: https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/getting_started/intro_tutorials/index.html
- DataCamp offers a free Pandas tutorial that covers the basics of data manipulation using the library: https://www.datacamp.com/community/tutorials/pandas-tutorial-dataframe-python
- Kaggle provides a free Pandas tutorial that includes interactive coding exercises: https://www.kaggle.com/learn/pandas
- If you want to see some demo code, the Pandas GitHub repository has a
demos
folder with many example Jupyter notebooks that demonstrate various functionalities of the library: https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/tree/master/doc/demos
To install pip on Windows and Linux
To install pip on Windows and Linux, follow these steps:
On Windows:
- Download get-pip.py from https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and save it to your computer.
- Open a command prompt or PowerShell as an administrator.
- Navigate to the directory where you saved get-pip.py using the cd command.
- Run the following command to install pip:
python get-pip.py
On Linux:
- Open your terminal.
- Run the following command to install pip on Debian, Ubuntu, and other Debian-based distributions:
sudo apt install python-pip
- Run the following command to install pip on Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, and other Red Hat-based distributions:
sudo yum install python-pip
- Run the following command to install pip on Arch Linux-based distributions:
pacman -S python-pip
After installing pip, you can use it to easily install Python packages, including Pandas. For example, to install Pandas using pip:
pip install pandas