Python pandas stuck at version 0.7.0
pandas, python
Solution
As nitin points out, you can simply upgrade pandas using pip:
pip install --upgrade pandas
Since this version of pandas will be installed in `site-packages` you will, in fact, be at the mercy of any automatic updates to packages within that directory. It's wise to install the versions of packages you want into a virtual environment so you have a consistent working environment with the bonus of reproducibility.
To answer your last question, the reason Pandas won't "upgrade" to 0.11.0 using `apt-get update` is that packages (of Pandas) from your distribution lag behind or haven't been created yet.
Problem
First off, I'm a novice... I'm a newbie to Python, pandas, and Linux. I'm getting some errors when trying to populate a DataFrame (sql.read_frame() gives an exception when trying to read from my MySQL DB, but I am able to execute and fetch a query / stored proc). I noticed that pandas is at version 0.7.0, and running "sudo apt-get install python-pandas" just says that it's up to date (no errors): "... python-pandas is already the newest version. 0 upgraded..." Based on some other posts I found on the web, I think my DataFrame problem may be due to the older version of pandas (something about a pandas bug involving tuples of tuples?). Why won't pandas update to a more current version? Setup: ``` Ubuntu: 12.04.2 LTS Desktop (virtual workstation on VMWare) sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get upgrade, and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade all current Python: 2.7.3 (default, April 10 2013, 06:20:15) /n [GCC 4.6.3] on Linux2 $ "which python" only show a single instance: /usr/bin/python pandas.__version__ = 0.7.0 numpy.__version__ = 1.6.1 ``` I tried installing Anaconda previously, but that turned into a big nightmare, with conflicting versions of Python. I finally rolled back to previous VM snapshot and started over, installing all of the MySQL, pandas, and iPython using apt-get on the individual packages. I'm not having any other problems on this workstation... apt-get seems to be working fine in general, and all other apps (MySQL Workbench, Kettle / spoon, etc.) are all working properly and up to date. Any ideas why Python pandas won't upgrade to 0.11.0? Thank you.