ImportError HDFStore requires PyTables No module named tables

Question

import pandas as pd
dfs = pd.HDFStore(\'xxxxx.h5\')

throws this error:

\"ImportError: HDFStore requires PyTables, \"No module named t

Answer 1

Simply updating pytables with:

pip install --upgrade tables

worked for me.

Answer 2

You have to install pytables:

conda install pytables

Answer 3

On Ubuntu, I solved this problem using this command:

sudo apt-get install python3-tables

Note that I am using Python 3

Answer 4

I also had the same error when using HDFStore. And I tried all the steps specified above and spent many hours to find a solution, but non of them were successful.

Then I downloaded and installed MiniConda. And then I used the below command to install pytables.

conda install -c conda-forge pytables

Please refer the below screenshot.

Answer 5

You can use pip on any os :

python -m pip install tables

You can check the official documentation on more ways to install it http://www.pytables.org/usersguide/installation.html

Answer 6

As TomAugspurger mentioned... It seems there is a bug with the latest version of pytables. You can install the current development version by executing the following command:

sudo pip install git+https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables

If it solved the problem, the question should be closed :)