ImportError HDFStore requires PyTables No module named tables

Question

import pandas as pd
dfs = pd.HDFStore(\'xxxxx.h5\')

throws this error:

\"ImportError: HDFStore requires PyTables, \"No module named t

Answer 1

As TomAugspurger mentioned... It seems there is a bug with the latest version of pytables. You can install the current development version by executing the following command:

sudo pip install git+https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables

If it solved the problem, the question should be closed :)