Python pandas stuck at version 0.7.0

Question

First off, I\'m a novice... I\'m a newbie to Python, pandas, and Linux.

I\'m getting some errors when trying to populate a DataFrame (sql.read_frame() gives an exc

Answer 1

"pip install --upgrade pandas" did not work for me on a fresh Ubuntu: 12.04.2 LTS Desktop instance. Within Python, pandas was still showing version 0.7.0.

Instead, I was able to get the update through by using easy install:

sudo easy_install -U pandas

Answer 2

Try upgrading with pip, like so

pip install --upgrade pandas

Answer 3

As nitin points out, you can simply upgrade pandas using pip:

pip install --upgrade pandas

Since this version of pandas will be installed in site-packages you will, in fact, be at the mercy of any automatic updates to packages within that directory. It's wise to install the versions of packages you want into a virtual environment so you have a consistent working environment with the bonus of reproducibility.

To answer your last question, the reason Pandas won't "upgrade" to 0.11.0 using apt-get update is that packages (of Pandas) from your distribution lag behind or haven't been created yet.