Accessing PyTables packages
Stable Versions
The stable versions of PyTables can be downloaded from the file download area on SourceForge.net.
Windows binaries can be obtained from many different distributions, like Python(x,y), ActiveState, or Enthought. In addition, Christoph Gohlke normally does an excellent job by providing binaries for many interesting software on his website.
You may be interested to easy_install the latest released stable version:
$ easy_install tables
Or, you may prefer to install the stable version in the GIT repository instead. For example, for the stable 2.4 series, you can use pip as follows:
$ pip install -e git+https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables.git@v.2.4.0#egg=tables
Bleeding Edge Versions
The latest, coolest, and possibly buggiest 
sources can be obtained from the new github repository:
https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables