Missing required dependencies ['numpy'] on pandas 0.24.1

Code Sample with obtained output

import pandas as pd
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-2-7dd3504c366f> in <module>
----> 1 import pandas as pd

~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py in <module>
     17 if missing_dependencies:
     18     raise ImportError(
---> 19         "Missing required dependencies {0}".format(missing_dependencies))
     20 del hard_dependencies, dependency, missing_dependencies
     21 

ImportError: Missing required dependencies ['numpy']

pip3 show outputs

➜ pip3 show pandas
Name: pandas
Version: 0.24.1
Summary: Powerful data structures for data analysis, time series, and statistics
Home-page: http://pandas.pydata.org
Author: None
Author-email: None
License: BSD
Location: /home/skeletrox/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages
Requires: numpy, python-dateutil, pytz

➜ pip3 show numpy
Name: numpy
Version: 1.16.1
Summary: NumPy is the fundamental package for array computing with Python.
Home-page: https://www.numpy.org
Author: Travis E. Oliphant et al.
Author-email: None
License: BSD
Location: /home/skeletrox/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages
Requires: 

System

• Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa
• pip3 --version output: pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (python 3.6)

Problem description

Recently updated pandas using pip3 install -U pandas and tried running the code again, leading to the above issue.

Attempted Fixes

Tried reinstalling both numpy and pandas, and cleared cache so as to force pip3 to pull from remote.

➜ pip3 uninstall pandas && pip3 uninstall numpy && pip3 install numpy && pip3 install pandas

yet the issue remains consistent.

Expected result

Successful import of pandas

[Skeletrox]

Issue fixed; was an issue with multiple instances of numpy installed. Resolving that issue by repeatedly running pip3 uninstall numpy until none remained and then running pip3 install numpy allowed pandas to import it without any issues

[helco88]

I fixed it!

First I had to uninstall pandas and numpy: $ pip3 uninstall numpy && pip3 uninstall pandas

and then I went to the folder: /home/helder/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ and removed all folders of pandas and numpy.

Finally I installed all them again: $ pip3 install numpy && pip3 install pandas

After that everything is working!