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.
PyArrow is currently compatible with Python 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11.
Install the latest version of PyArrow from conda-forge using Conda:
conda install -c conda-forge pyarrowInstall the latest version from PyPI (Windows, Linux, and macOS):
pip install pyarrowIf 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.
See :ref:`python-development`.
Required dependency
- NumPy 1.16.6 or higher.
Optional dependencies
- pandas 1.0 or higher,
- cffi.
Additional packages PyArrow is compatible with are :ref:`fsspec <filesystem-fsspec>` and pytz, dateutil or tzdata package for timezones.