Install GDAL in virtualenvwrapper environment
Solution 1
Yes, installing GDAL in a venv is a doozy. Conveniently, I just wrote up the documentation on how to do so for my advisor's lab! While I am not savvy enough to pinpoint the exact cause of your error, I can give you a bunch of things to try to fix it.
First, ensure you have gdal installed on the host (i.e. not in a venv). I just run the following:
sudo apt-get install libgdal1i libgdal1-dev libgdal-dev
Now run gdal-config --version
to get the version that apt-get
provided you with. For example I get 1.11.3
Now, the easiest way in my experience to get the python bindings in a venv is using pygdal
. The trick is to get the right version! To do so, activate your virtual environment and run
pip install pygdal==1.11.3
but replace the version with whatever you got from gdal-config --version
. Note: you may get an error that says
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pygdal==1.11.3 (from versions: 1.8.1.0, 1.8.1.1, 1.8.1.2, 1.8.1.3, 1.9.2.0, 1.9.2.1, 1.9.2.3, 1.10.0.0, 1.10.0.1, 1.10.0.3, 1.10.1.0, 1.10.1.1, 1.10.1.3, 1.11.0.0, 1.11.0.1, 1.11.0.3, 1.11.1.0, 1.11.1.1, 1.11.1.3, 1.11.2.1, 1.11.2.3, 1.11.3.3, 1.11.4.3, 2.1.0.3) No matching distribution found for pygdal==1.11.3
If that happens, run the pip install
again but with the highest version that still matches. e.g. in this case you would run pip install pygdal==1.11.3.3
Once pygdal
has been successfully installed, you should be able to call
>>> from osgeo import gdal
Please let me know if anything fails and I'll do what I can to adjust my instructions. Also, if you need help with Proj.4, GEOS, or Cartopy, I have some experience there too.
Solution 2
use pygdal
pd@asghar:~$sudo apt-get install python3-gdal
pd@asghar:~$ virtualenv -p python3 test
Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/bin/python3
Using base prefix '/usr'
New python executable in /home/pd/test/bin/python3
Also creating executable in /home/pd/test/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
pd@asghar:~$ gdal-config --version
2.1.3
pd@asghar:~$ test/bin/pip install pygdal==2.1.3
Collecting pygdal==2.1.3
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pygdal==2.1.3 (from versions: 1.8.1.0, 1.8.1.1, 1.8.1.2, 1.8.1.3, 1.9.2.0, 1.9.2.1, 1.9.2.3, 1.10.0.0, 1.10.0.1, 1.10.0.3, 1.10.1.0, 1.10.1.1, 1.10.1.3, 1.11.0.0, 1.11.0.1, 1.11.0.3, 1.11.1.0, 1.11.1.1, 1.11.1.3, 1.11.2.1, 1.11.2.3, 1.11.3.3, 1.11.4.3, 1.11.5.3, 2.0.0.3, 2.0.1.3, 2.0.2.3, 2.0.3.3, 2.1.0.3, 2.1.1.3, 2.1.2.3, 2.1.3.3, 2.2.0.3)
No matching distribution found for pygdal==2.1.3
pd@asghar:~$ test/bin/pip install pygdal==2.1.3.3
Collecting pygdal==2.1.3.3
Collecting numpy>=1.0.0 (from pygdal==2.1.3.3)
Using cached numpy-1.13.1-cp35-cp35m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
Installing collected packages: numpy, pygdal
Successfully installed numpy-1.13.1 pygdal-2.1.3.3
pd@asghar:~$ source test/bin/activate
(test) pd@asghar:~$ python
Python 3.5.2 (default, Nov 17 2016, 17:05:23)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from osgeo import gdal
>>>
Solution 3
On MacOS, first do brew install:
brew install gdal
Then do pip install:
pip install gdal
GeoCom
Updated on June 05, 2022Comments
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GeoCom almost 2 years
I tried to install gdal (pip install gdal)in virtualenvwrapper environment but I got this error :
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 ---------------------------------------- Failed building wheel for gdal Failed to build gdal
I tried also "pip install --no-install GDAL" but there is nooption --no-install
what should I do !?
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ni8mr over 6 yearsThanks for the explanation. Especially for the "Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pygdal==1.11.3 (from versions: ....)" error.
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Duccio A over 6 yearsIt worked for me on OSX HighSIerra and Python3.6:
pip install pygdal
and thenfrom osgeo import gdal
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colmjude over 6 yearsThese instructions really helped me to get Kartograph.py working, thank you
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Salman Ghauri about 6 yearsCheers mate. I think the mentioning the version worked for me!
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Abhijay Ghildyal almost 6 yearsThanks, medley56 this was helpful
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mitchus almost 6 yearsVersions now contain four numbers:
pip install pygdal==1.11.3.3
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tupui almost 4 yearsNo, this is not working with virtualenv. To do so, you have to link. So:
brew tap osgeo/osgeo4mac
thenbrew install osgeo-gdal && brew install osgeo-gdal-python
finallybrew link osgeo-gdal --force && brew link osgeo-gdal-python --force
. Then you canpip install gdal
in any virtualenv. -
DarkCygnus about 2 yearsThis worked for me on my ubuntu 18.04. Later, I'll need the same on my 20.04 servers. Will let you all know if this worked flawlessly there as well.