[gdal-dev] __main__.gdal_config_error when trying to install gdal

[Etienne Tourigny]

Hi chao

you should install gdal using the ubuntugis (stable or unstable)
repository . 1.6.3 is really old, plus you shouldn't install the
debian packages on ubuntu.

see:
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadingGdalBinaries

If you really have to build it see:
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildHints

Etienne

On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Chao YUE <chaoyuejoy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Finally I managed to install gdal 1.6.3 using a debien package (and I have
> to install libgdal1-1.6.0 before ). But I read from
> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInPython
> saying that from version 1.7.0, python 3 is needed.
>
> thanks et cheers,
>
> Chao
>
>
> 2012/5/27 Chao YUE <chaoyuejoy at gmail.com>
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am new to gdal and when I try to install it on my ubuntu computer, I
>> have the following error. It occurs either with pip or with manual python
>> setup.py build.
>> could anyone give me some clue on this problem? thanks in advance.
>>
>> Chao
>>
>> chaoyue at chaoyue-Aspire-4750:~/python/python_lib/build/gdal$ sudo python
>> setup.py install
>> [sudo] password for chaoyue:
>> running install
>> Checking .pth file support in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/
>> /usr/bin/python -E -c pass
>> TEST PASSED: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ appears to support
>> .pth files
>> running bdist_egg
>> running egg_info
>> writing GDAL.egg-info/PKG-INFO
>> writing top-level names to GDAL.egg-info/top_level.txt
>> writing dependency_links to GDAL.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "setup.py", line 267, in <module>
>>     ext_modules = ext_modules )
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
>>     dist.run_commands()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
>>     self.run_command(cmd)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
>>     cmd_obj.run()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/install.py",
>> line 73, in run
>>     self.do_egg_install()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/install.py",
>> line 93, in do_egg_install
>>     self.run_command('bdist_egg')
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
>>     self.distribution.run_command(command)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
>>     cmd_obj.run()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py",
>> line 172, in run
>>     self.run_command("egg_info")
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
>>     self.distribution.run_command(command)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
>>     cmd_obj.run()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py",
>> line 179, in run
>>     self.find_sources()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py",
>> line 254, in find_sources
>>     mm.run()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py",
>> line 308, in run
>>     self.add_defaults()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py",
>> line 332, in add_defaults
>>     sdist.add_defaults(self)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/sdist.py",
>> line 191, in add_defaults
>>     build_ext = self.get_finalized_command('build_ext')
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 312, in
>> get_finalized_command
>>     cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 109, in
>> ensure_finalized
>>     self.finalize_options()
>>   File "setup.py", line 164, in finalize_options
>>     self.gdaldir = self.get_gdal_config('prefix')
>>   File "setup.py", line 144, in get_gdal_config
>>     return fetch_config(option)
>>   File "setup.py", line 97, in fetch_config
>>     raise gdal_config_error, e""")
>>   File "<string>", line 4, in <module>
>> __main__.gdal_config_error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>>
>> --
>>
>> ***********************************************************************************
>> Chao YUE
>> Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE-IPSL)
>> UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ
>> Batiment 712 - Pe 119
>> 91191 GIF Sur YVETTE Cedex
>> Tel: (33) 01 69 08 29 02; Fax:01.69.08.77.16
>>
>> ************************************************************************************
>>
>
>
>
> --
> ***********************************************************************************
> Chao YUE
> Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE-IPSL)
> UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ
> Batiment 712 - Pe 119
> 91191 GIF Sur YVETTE Cedex
> Tel: (33) 01 69 08 29 02; Fax:01.69.08.77.16
> ************************************************************************************
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