How To Install python-pandas on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pandas on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pandas
python-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 2 version.
There are three methods to install python-pandas on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-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 python-pandas using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pandas
Install python-pandas Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pandas using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pandas
Install python-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 python-pandas using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pandas
How To Uninstall python-pandas on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pandas package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pandas
Uninstall python-pandas And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pandas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pandas
Remove python-pandas Configurations and Data
To remove python-pandas configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pandas
Remove python-pandas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pandas configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pandas
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pandas package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
