'bz2 is module not available' when installing Pandas with pip in python virtual environment

Question

I am going through this post Numpy, Scipy, and Pandas - Oh My!, installing some python packages, but got stuck at the line for installing Pandas:

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Answer 1

You need to build python with BZIP2 support.

Install the following package before building python:

• Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS: yum install bzip2-devel
• Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libbz2-dev

Extract python tarball. Then

configure;
make;
make install

Install pip using the new python.

Alternative:

Install a binary python distribution using yum or apt, that was build with BZIP2 support.

See also: ImportError: No module named bz2 for Python 2.7.2