ImportError HDFStore requires PyTables No module named tables
PythonPandasHdf5Python Problem Overview
import pandas as pd
dfs = pd.HDFStore('xxxxx.h5')
throws this error:
"ImportError: HDFStore requires PyTables, "No module named tables" problem importing"
I tried to install PyTables, which Requires Cython. I have Cython 0.21 installed, but it is throwing an error stating that Cython should be greater than 0.13
Here is the log that I am getting:
".. ERROR:: You need Cython 0.13 or greater to compile PyTables!
----------------------------------------
Cleaning up...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /private/tmp/pip_build_root/tables
Storing debug log for failure in /Users/nikhilsahai/Library/Logs/pip.log
Nikhils-MacBook-Pro:~ nikhilsahai$ sudo pip install cython
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): cython in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/Cython-0.21-py2.7-macosx-10.9-intel.egg
Cleaning up..."
Please guide me how to do solve this issue.
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
Simply updating pytables with:
pip install --upgrade tables
worked for me.
Solution 2 - Python
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.
Solution 3 - Python
On Ubuntu, I solved this problem using this command:
sudo apt-get install python3-tables
Note that I am using Python 3
Solution 4 - Python
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
Solution 5 - Python
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 :)
Solution 6 - Python
You have to install pytables:
conda install pytables
Solution 7 - Python
On Windows,maybe that is a good choices,using this Command:
pip installed tables-3.2.2-cp34-cp34m-win_amd64.whl
---the document you can download from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#numpy