title: Import pandas on jupyter ipython notebook fails
body: <p>I am able to import the pandas package within the spyder ide; however, if I attempt to open a new juypter notebook, the import fails. </p>
  
  <p>I use the Anaconda package distribution on MAC OS X.</p>
  
  <p>Here is what I do:</p>
  
  <pre><code>In [1]: import pandas 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and this is the response I get: </p>
  
  <pre><code>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
  &lt;ipython-input-5-97925edf8fb0&gt; in &lt;module&gt;()
  ----&gt; 1 import pandas
  
  //anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py in &lt;module&gt;()
       11                       "pandas from the source directory, you may need to run "
       12                       "'python setup.py build_ext --inplace' to build the C "
  ---&gt; 13                       "extensions first.".format(module))
       14 
       15 from datetime import datetime
  
  ImportError: C extension: hashtable not built. If you want to import pandas from the source directory, you may need to run 'python setup.py build_ext --inplace' to build the C extensions first.
  </code></pre>