ImportError: cannot import name 'ABCIndex' from 'pandas.core.dtypes.generic' While Submitting PySpark Job on Chidori

General
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Reason

Compatible version of Pandas is not available or the existing Pandas installation is corrupted/inconsistent, resulting in the following error:

ImportError: cannot import name 'ABCIndex' from 'pandas.core.dtypes.generic'

Solution

  1. Uninstall the existing Pandas package:
pip uninstall -y pandas
  1. If the issue persists after uninstalling, remove any remaining Pandas files from both the system and application Python environments:
sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas*
sudo rm -rf /home/username/server/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas*
  1. Reinstall the compatible Pandas version:
pip install pandas==1.2.5
  1. Verify the installed version:
python3 -c "import pandas; print(pandas.__version__)"

This ensures that any stale or incompatible Pandas files are removed before installing the supported version (1.2.5).