[Gdal-dev] Where's the _gdal module?

[Mateusz Loskot]

Roger André wrote:
> I just finished compiling and installing gdal from source in Cygwin.  The
> utilities like "gdal_translate" and "gdalinfo" seem to be working fne, but
> I'm, having trouble with the Python API.  For example, when I try to run
> "gdal_merge.py", I get the following error:
>
> $ gdal_merge.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/bin/gdal_merge.py", line 110, in <module>
>     import gdal
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gdal.py", line 191, in <module>
>     import _gdal
> ImportError: No module named _gdal
>
> When I trace this a bit further online, I see references to needing a "
> gdal.so", but I don't know where it should be, or how to get it.
>
> Can someone advise me?

Roger,

Could you tell us how did you configured GDAL and what Python bindings do
you want to use: traditional or SWIG-based?
Simply, paste the ./configure command with all options you used.

Cheers
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Mateusz Loskot
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