Package issue: Pandas importing Numpy error

[savvn001]

Package name

Pandas

Package version

2.1.2

PyPI URL

pypi.org/project/pandas

piwheels URL

https://www.piwheels.org/project/pandas/

Python version

• [ ] Python 3.7
• [ ] Python 3.9
• [X] Python 3.11

I am aware this is the issue tracker for a Python package index specifically for Raspberry Pi

• [X] Yes

I have checked for duplicate issues

• [X] Yes

I am the maintainer

• [ ] Yes

More information

Hi,

On RPi OS Bookworm. Made a venv from the system python3.11. Installed Pandas v2.1.2 into this venv. Import is failing for Pandas due to Numpy import error:

  File "mypthonscript.py", line 3, in <module>
    import pandas as pd
  File "myproject/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py", line 16, 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.

Tried 2.1.1 and same issue. Cannot try any earlier as not supported on Bookworm.

[savvn001]

Update, pip install numpy==1.25.2 FIRST before installing latest pandas, and also sudo apt-get install libopenblas-dev solves issue for me for now.