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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am new to the GDAL world and I’m struggling with installing OSGeo4W to a working state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have downloaded and installed the latest edition OSGeo4W. The install goes smoothly. I open the OSGeo4W Command shell and enter Python. I have seen that I can test the basic Python/GDAL binding(?) by entering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>> from osgeo import gdal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This results in the following error:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:DA">Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module><br>
File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\osgeo\__init__.py", line 21,<br>
in <module><br>
_gdal = swig_import_helper()<br>
File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python27\lib\site-packages\osgeo\__init__.py", line 17,<br>
in swig_import_helper<br>
_mod = imp.load_module('_gdal', fp, pathname, description)<br>
ImportError: DLL load failed: The operating system cannot run %1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have read that this error might indicate that the installed python/gdal libraries are incompatible, but I’m wondering if my OSGeo4W installation is obstructed by another installation? The following three lines are added
to my path by the OSGeo4W Command shell:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<pre><span class="pln"><span lang="EN-US">C</span></span><span class="pun"><span lang="EN-US">:\</span></span><span class="typ"><span lang="EN-US">OSGeo4W</span></span><span class="pun"><span lang="EN-US">\</span></span><span class="pln"><span lang="EN-US">bin</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><br><span class="pln">C</span><span class="pun">:\</span><span class="typ">OSGeo4W</span><span class="pun">\\</span><span class="pln">apps</span><span class="pun">\</span><span class="pln">msys</span><span class="pun">\</span><span class="pln">bin</span><br><span class="pln">C</span><span class="pun">:\</span><span class="typ">OSGeo4W</span><span class="pun">\\</span><span class="pln">apps</span><span class="pun">\</span><span class="typ">Python27</span><span class="pun">\</span><span class="typ">Scripts</span><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have searched through my system looking for gdal*.dll, but I have found none located within any of the folders in my PATH.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">What can I do to troubleshoot this problem?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards, Casper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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