I have the same problem and I think that this is the relevant upstream bug. http://www.pytables.org/trac/ticket/183 This version of this package in ubuntu is a bit old. The newest version is 2.1.1 and I think the bug was fixed in 2.1 (from December last year)
** Bug watch added: PyTables Trac #183 http://www.pytables.org/trac/ticket/183 -- [jaunty] PyTables does not work for Python 2.6 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/348983 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs