Installing PyArrow¶
System Compatibility¶
PyArrow is regularly built and tested on Windows, macOS and various Linux distributions (including Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04). We strongly recommend using a 64-bit system.
Python Compatibility¶
PyArrow is currently compatible with Python 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10.
Using Conda¶
Install the latest version of PyArrow from conda-forge using Conda:
conda install -c conda-forge pyarrow
Using Pip¶
Install the latest version from PyPI (Windows, Linux, and macOS):
pip install pyarrow
If you encounter any importing issues of the pip wheels on Windows, you may need to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015.
Warning
On Linux, you will need pip >= 19.0 to detect the prebuilt binary packages.
Installing from source¶
See Python Development.
Installing Nightly Packages¶
Warning
These packages are not official releases. Use them at your own risk.
PyArrow has nightly wheels and conda packages for testing purposes.
These may be suitable for downstream libraries in their continuous integration setup to maintain compatibility with the upcoming PyArrow features, deprecations and/or feature removals.
Install the development version of PyArrow from arrow-nightlies conda channel:
conda install -c arrow-nightlies pyarrow
Install the development version from an alternative PyPI index:
pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.fury.io/arrow-nightlies/ \
--prefer-binary --pre pyarrow