[gdal-dev] ImportError when importing gdal module with python 2.7 on Windows 7 64-bit

[John Twilley]

That solved the problem!  Thanks!

Any chance this can be done automatically for later releases?

Jack.
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mathuin at gmail dot com


On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Even Rouault
<even.rouault at mines-paris.org> wrote:
> Le mercredi 03 octobre 2012 20:23:35, John Twilley a écrit :
>> I an running Windows 7 64-bit and have downloaded and installed the
>> following software:
>>
>>  * Python 2.7.3 for x64 from http://www.python.org/getit
>>  * GDAL 1.9 core and bindings for amd64 and py2.7 from
>> http://www.gisinternals.com/sdk
>>  * various modules including PyWin32 from
>> http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
>>
>> When I run "python -mgdal" to test importing the gdal module, I get an
>> traceback.  These are the final lines in the traceback:
>>
>> File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\osgeo\__init__.py", line 17, in
>> swig_import_helper
>> _mod = imp.load_module('_gdal', fp, pathname, description)
>> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
>>
>> gdal19.dll is in C:\Program Files\GDAL for what it's worth.
>>
>> What do I need to do to make this work?
>
> Make sure that the directory where gdal19.dll is installed is in the PATH.
>
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Jack.
>> --
>> mathuin at gmail dot com
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