[gdal-dev] GDAL scripting with Python 2.5 (on windows)

[Ivan]

Aleksey

Installing GDAL + Python 2.5 + "GDAL Python bindings" through the advanced settings usually works 
pretty easy.

And the you should be able to launch the OSGeo4W Shell and access it, example:

   C:\OSGeo4W> Python
   >>> from osgeo import gdal
   >>> gdal.VersionInfo()
   '1520'
   >>>

Notice that OSGeo4W install its own Python 2.5 distribution. So if you have a previous installation 
of Python 2.5, that is not going to access the GDAL bindings.

Regards,

Ivan


Aleksey Naumov wrote:
> Dear GDAL users,
> 
> My apologies if this is a repeated question, I searched the mail 
> acrhives and found a few discussions on this subject, but no resolution, 
> AFAIK. I may have overlooked a good thread, would appreciate a link.
> 
> My problem is being able to do scripting with GDAL using Python 2.5 
> (this version is important because of integration/compatibility with a 
> number of other packages, mainly IPython), and I need to be able to do 
> it on Windows. I attempted a few approaches, but could not figure out 
> how to get all the pieces to work together:
>    - FWTools 2.4.5; however it comes with Python 2.3, an older version
>    - OSGEO4W
>       - Went through the Express setup and chose GDAL (+ GRASS, QGIS).It 
> installed Python 2.5.2; however on "import gdal" I get error "No module 
> named gdal".
>       - I looked through the Advanced setup and tried it a few times 
> with various options related to GDAL, however was not able to get it to 
> work. Are there specific options that should be enabled to make 
> GDAL/Python scripting possible in OSGEO4W?
>    - Tried to "easy_install gdal", this finds GDAL 1.6.1 and puts a 
> suitable *.egg into C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages. But when I try to 
> "import gdal" I get the error stating that gdal16.dll was not found.
> 
> Is there a way to achieve this on Windows? Do I need to compile GDAL on 
> my windows box; if so, should I be using Cygwin or try to download MS VC++?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Aleksey
> 
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