[FIXED] VS Code: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pandas'

Issue

Tried to import pandas in VS Code with

import pandas

and got

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\xxxx\hello\sqltest.py", line 2, in <module>
    import pandas
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pandas'

Tried to install pandas with

pip install pandas

pip3 install pandas

python -m pip install pandas

separately which returned

(.venv) PS C:\Users\xxxx\hello> pip3 install pandas

Requirement already satisfied: pandas in c:\users\xxxx\hello\.venv\lib\site-packages (1.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pytz>=2017.2 in c:\users\xxxx\hello\.venv\lib\site-packages (from pandas) (2020.1)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy>=1.15.4 in c:\users\xxxx\hello\.venv\lib\site-packages (from pandas) (1.19.1)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil>=2.7.3 in c:\users\xxxx\hello\.venv\lib\site-packages (from pandas) (2.8.1)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.5 in c:\users\xxxx\hello\.venv\lib\site-packages (from python-dateutil>=2.7.3->pandas) (1.15.0)

Tried:

sudo pip install pandas

and got

(.venv) PS C:\Users\xxxx\hello> sudo pip install pandas

sudo : The term 'sudo' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ sudo pip install pandas
+ ~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (sudo:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

I also tried to change the python path under workspace settings following this answer. with C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe which is the python path I found in Command Prompt using where python but didn't work.

Then I tried

python -m venv .venv

which returned

(.venv) PS C:\Users\xxxx\hello> python -m venv .venv

Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\xxxx\\hello\\.venv\\Scripts\\python.exe'

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Update:

Tried

python3.8.5 -m pip install pandas

and returned

(.venv) PS C:\Users\xxxx\hello> python3.8.5 -m pip install pandas

python3.8.5 : The term 'python3.8.5' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ python3.8.5 -m pip install pandas
+ ~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (python3.8.5:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Solution

The solution seems fairly simple! First things first though!

From looking at your post, you seem to have followed a guide into installing Pandas. Nothing is wrong about that but I must point out first based on your information that you provided to us, you seem to run Windows Powershell PS C:\Users\xxxx\hello> and the error format matches Powershell. Therefore, sudo isn't recognized because sudo is the admin command for Unix-based systems like Debian, Ubuntu, and so on which is why it's not a valid command!

But here's how to properly install: (I assume you're running Windows but if that's not the case, correct me and Ill give you the Unix version!)

1 - Windows key, search up CMD and run it as administrator this is important to avoid permissions issues!

2 - Run pip3 install pandas OR python3 -m pip3 install pandas

Answered By - Jessy Guirado