Install Pandas on Mac with pip

Question

I am trying to install Pandas with pip, but ran into to a problem. Here are the details:

Mac OS Sierra
which python => /usr/bin/python
python --version => Python 2.7.10
Inside "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions" there is the following
2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 Current

I want pandas to be linked to Python 2.7.10 in "/usr/bin/python"

When I do pip install pandas, I get the following error message:

Collecting pandas
  Using cached pandas-0.19.2-cp27-cp27m-macosx_10_6_intel.macosx_10_9_intel.macosx_10_9_x86_64.macosx_10_10_intel.macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl

Requirement already satisfied: pytz>=2011k in 

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python (from pandas)

Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil in 

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python (from pandas)

Requirement already satisfied: numpy>=1.7.0 in 

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python (from pandas)

Installing collected packages: pandas

Exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-
py2.7.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)

  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg/pip/commands/install.py", line 342, in run
    prefix=options.prefix_path,

  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg/pip/req/req_set.py", line 784, in install
    **kwargs

  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg/pip/req/req_install.py", line 851, in install
    self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)

  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg/pip/req/req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
    isolated=self.isolated,

  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg/pip/wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files
    clobber(source, lib_dir, True)

  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg/pip/wheel.py", line 316, in clobber
    ensure_dir(destdir)

  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-9.0.1-py2.7.egg/pip/utils/__init__.py", line 83, in ensure_dir
    os.makedirs(path)

  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)

OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pandas'

Thanks for helping.

Answer 1

Try running the pip install command as sudo.

sudo pip install pandas

Python packages are installed in the operating systems file system where not all users have permission to write files to. This is why you need to run the command as sudo, as sudo elevates your privileges to do this.

Edit: This seems to be getting some upvotes so I've added some clarity to this question regarding user specific installation. You can also install this just for your user should this fit your use case with: pip install --user pandas.

Answer 2

for mac terminal using mojave works with

pip3 install pandas

or

pip3 install --upgrade pip

after

pip install pandas