How To Install python3-pandas on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pandas on Ubuntu.
What is python3-pandas
python3-pandas is:
pandas is a Python package providing fast, flexible, and expressive data structures designed to make working with “relational” or “labeled” data both easy and intuitive. It aims to be the fundamental high-level building block for doing practical, real world data analysis in Python. pandas is well suited for many different kinds of data:
- Tabular data with heterogeneously-typed columns, as in an SQL table or Excel spreadsheet
- Ordered and unordered (not necessarily fixed-frequency) time series data.
- Arbitrary matrix data (homogeneously typed or heterogeneous) with row and column labels
- Any other form of observational / statistical data sets. The data actually need not be labeled at all to be placed into a pandas data structure
This package contains the Python 3 version.
There are three methods to install python3-pandas on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-pandas Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pandas using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pandas
Install python3-pandas Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pandas using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pandas
Install python3-pandas Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pandas using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pandas
How To Uninstall python3-pandas on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-pandas package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pandas
Uninstall python3-pandas And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pandas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pandas
Remove python3-pandas Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pandas configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pandas
Remove python3-pandas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pandas configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pandas
Dependencies
python3-pandas have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pandas package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.