Question: Tried to import pandas in VS Code with import pandas  and got Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\Users\xxxx\hello\sqltest.py", line 2, in <module> import pandas ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pandas'  Tried to install pandas with pip install pandas pip3 install pandas python -m pip install pandas  separately which returned (.venv) PS C:\Users\xxxx\hello> pip3 install pandas Requirement already satisfied: pandas in c:\users\xxxx\hello\.venv\lib\site-packages (1.1.0) Requirement already satisfied: pytz>=2017.2 in c:\users\xxxx\hello\.venv\lib\site-packages (from pandas) (2020.1) Requirement already satisfied: numpy>=1.15.4 in c:\users\xxxx\hello\.venv\lib\site-packages (from pandas) (1.19.1) Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil>=2.7.3 in c:\users\xxxx\hello\.venv\lib\site-packages (from pandas) (2.8.1) Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.5 in c:\users\xxxx\hello\.venv\lib\site-packages (from python-dateutil>=2.7.3->pandas) (1.15.0)  Tried: sudo pip install pandas  and got (.venv) PS C:\Users\xxxx\hello> sudo pip install pandas sudo : The term 'sudo' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1 + sudo pip install pandas + ~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (sudo:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException  I also tried to change the python path under workspace settings following this answer. with C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe which is the python path I found in Command Prompt using where python but didn't work. Then I tried python -m venv .venv  which returned (.venv) PS C:\Users\xxxx\hello> python -m venv .venv Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\xxxx\\hello\\.venv\\Scripts\\python.exe'   Update: Tried python3.8.5 -m pip install pandas  and returned (.venv) PS C:\Users\xxxx\hello> python3.8.5 -m pip install pandas python3.8.5 : The term 'python3.8.5' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1 + python3.8.5 -m pip install pandas + ~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (python3.8.5:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException 

Answer: The solution seems fairly simple! First things first though! From looking at your post, you seem to have followed a guide into installing Pandas. Nothing is wrong about that but I must point out first based on your information that you provided to us, you seem to run Windows Powershell PS C:\Users\xxxx\hello> and the error format matches Powershell. Therefore, sudo isn't recognized because sudo is the admin command for Unix-based systems like Debian, Ubuntu, and so on which is why it's not a valid command! But here's how to properly install: (I assume you're running Windows but if that's not the case, correct me and Ill give you the Unix version!) 1 - Windows key, search up CMD and run it as administrator this is important to avoid permissions issues! 2 - Run pip3 install pandas OR python3 -m pip3 install pandas