Installing Pandas on Linux

In this recipe, we will see how to install Pandas on Linux. Before proceeding with the installation, let's consider the version of Python we're going to use. There are two versions or flavors of Python, namely Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x. Although the latest version, Python 3.x, appears to be the better choice, for scientific, numeric, or data analysis work, Python 2.7 is recommended.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you need Ubuntu 14.04 (Linux flavor) installed on the machine. Python comes pre-installed. The python --version command gives the version of Python installed. If the version seems to be 2.6.x, upgrade it to Python 2.7 as follows:

sudo apt-get install python2.7 

How to do it…

1. Once Python version is available, make sure that the Python .dev files are installed. If not, install them as follows:

         sudo apt-get install python-dev 
   
   

2. Installing through pip:

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