Issue with numpy and pandas when running the python 3.12.8

[sachinMahalingam]

Steps to reproduce:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/APPL/PSFT859UC/scripts/Alphabet.py", line 11, in
import pandas as pd
File "/home/psoftgl/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/init.py", line 19, in
raise ImportError(
ImportError: Unable to import required dependencies:
numpy: Error importing numpy: you should not try to import numpy from
its source directory; please exit the numpy source tree, and relaunch
your python interpreter from there.

Error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/APPL/PSFT859UC/scripts/Alphabet.py", line 11, in <module>
    import pandas as pd
  File "/home/psoftgl/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py", line 19, in <module>
    raise ImportError(
ImportError: Unable to import required dependencies:
numpy: Error importing numpy: you should not try to import numpy from
        its source directory; please exit the numpy source tree, and relaunch
        your python interpreter from there.

Additional information:

No response

[mattip]

How did you install python and numpy?

[sachinMahalingam]

I have used installation command on Linux for pandas and numpy as pip3 install numpy_2.23 (packagefile.whl)
Pip3 install pandas_2.23 (packagefile.whl)

[sachinMahalingam]

When I tried with command import pandas as pd then I have got the above error

[sachinMahalingam]

For python installation from OS repository with below command

yum install python 3.12

When i see the above mentioned init.py file it's because c extension asked to execute the python setup.py build_ext but I don't find this setup.py file or directory when I used this command

[mattip]

Are you located in a directory named 'numpy'? How did you get pip3? Do you mean pip3 install "numpy==2.23"? I don't recognize pip3 install numpy_2.23(packagefile.whl) as a command.

[sachinMahalingam]

Yes with this command: pip3 install numpy-2.2.3-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_84.whl -f./ --no index -- deps

[sachinMahalingam]

When I tried pip not support so when I used pip3 for installation as above comment

[mattip]

Maybe try using a virtualenv and not installing the wheel directly.

[sachinMahalingam]

virtual env means how to do that?

[mattip]

Virtual environments provide a way to install versions of packages without interfering with eachother. See here

python3 -m venv /tmp/venv
source /tmp/venv/bin/activate
pip install numpy pandas
....
deactivate         # when you are done using this virtualenv
rm -rf /tmp/venv   # when you want to delete this virtualenv