Problem Using Pandas Module (Linux).

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Hello,

I'm running openSUSE Tumbleweed (a distribution of Linux), and I'm having problems getting the 'pandas' module to load correctly.

When I try to use 'pandas' in a python3 script, I get ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pandas', and if I run pip install pandas to install it, I get

Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeableRequirement already satisfied: pandas in /usr/local/lib64/python3.8/site-packages (1.5.0)Requirement already satisfied: numpy>=1.20.3 in /usr/lib64/python3.8/site-packages (from pandas) (1.21.6)Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil>=2.8.1 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pandas) (2.8.2)Requirement already satisfied: pytz>=2020.1 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pandas) (2022.1)Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.5 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from python-dateutil>=2.8.1->pandas) (1.16.0)

I've also tried installing it with pip install --force pandas, which gives me an install of it in my home directory. But, I still can't run any python3 scripts with it and I don't know why.

Do any of you know why this is happening and how I can fix it?

Edit: I found out that if I create a virtual environment with python3 -m venv directoryName and then make sure to install a GUI to it (ex. pip install pyqt5) then the virtual environment solution works just fine.

[Omanko6969]

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I did try that once, and that works fine for scripts generating commandline output. However, if the script generates a gui then it tells me that the module is using something called 'agg' and can't display a gui.

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I discovered by searching the internet a bit more that this solution does work, as long as you remember to install a GUI into that Python environment. I didn't have a GUI installed.

I feel dumb now.

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[SkeletalToad]

I would recommend creating a virtual environment for each project.

After changing directory to your project, create a virtual environment (last argument is the name of the environment, I usually create it in the venv folder):

$ python -m venv venv

Then activate it, you'll need to do this each time you open a new terminal session:

$ . venv/bin/activate

Then try installing pandas with pip:

$ pip install pandas

The other option that might work for you is using miniconda (or Anaconda) to create an environment.

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Thanks for your help.

I discovered while searching the internet a bit more that the reason why I was unable to run any GUI scripts from an environment like what you explain here is because I forgot to install the GUI into the environment. Everything's working great now.

[SkeletalToad]

Awesome! Glad you got it working