When importing pandas in python v.3.3 i'm getting 'No module named 'pkg_resources'

Question

I have installed numpy, scipy and some other modules including pandas for python v.3.3 win 64 bit. I can't find this module on the site where i got the other modules it said that I didn't have but I can't find this one to install. So I am getting the following:

Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
        import pandas
      File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pandas\__init__.py", line 44, in <module>
        from pandas.io.api import *
      File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\api.py", line 15, in <module>
        from pandas.io.gbq import read_gbq
      File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\gbq.py", line 10, in <module>
        import pkg_resources ImportError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

Answer 1

This is because your Setuptools installation appears corrupt or isn't in your PYTHONPATH - try to reinstall it :

In a terminal, run the following command :

wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py -O - | python

Or with curl :

curl https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py | python