Installing pandas with uv on windows

Here's a quick overview to installing pandas on windows:
We will follow these steps:

1. Install uv (if you haven't already).
2. Create a virtual environment using uv.
3. Activate the virtual environment.
4. Install pandas into the environment using uv.

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1. Install uv (If Needed)

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

2. Create a Virtual Environment

# Replace 'my_project' with your desired folder name
mkdir my_project
cd my_project

# Create the virtual environment
uv venv

You should see output similar to: Creating virtual environment at: .venv

3. Activate the Virtual Environment

• For PowerShell:

.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

• For Command Prompt (cmd.exe):

.venv\Scripts\activate

Once activated, your command line prompt will typically change to show the environment's name (e.g., (.venv) C:\Users\...).

4. Install pandas

Now, use uv's package management interface to install pandas into the active virtual environment.

uv pip install pandas

Comments

[Michael]

love that uv has become the de facto package manager now for 🐍

[Nazanin Ashrafi]

I hear people are starting to use uv so as a beginner I'm joining the club already :D

[Shahrouz Nikseresht]

Thank you for writing this useful article. 🙌🏽✨️

[Amelia Dutta]

Good job! 🔥