[gdal-dev] gdal and python problems

[Frank Warmerdam]

Andreas Neumann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was compiling gdal with python support from svn-trunk and ran into the
> same problem as described at
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-gdal_polygonize.py-td19839558.html
> 
> When I start a python script I get the following error message:
> 
> ------------------
> gdal_merge.py -o orthofoto_2008.tif -init 255,255,255 -v -co
> "COMPRESS=PACKBITS" -of GTiff OF_10cm/69*.tif
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/bin/gdal_merge.py", line 31, in <module>
>     import gdal
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gdal.py", line 2, in <module>
>     from osgeo.gdal import deprecation_warn
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/osgeo/gdal.py", line 7, in
> <module>
>     import _gdal
> ImportError: /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/osgeo/_gdal.so:
> undefined symbol: GDALPolygonize
> ------------------
> 
> My system is Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). I used the following configure
> options:

Andreas,

My guess would be that the GDAL Python bindings are ending up running
against an older libgdal.so.  Is it possible that you have a
/usr/lib/libgdal.so that is 1.5.x and getting picked up instead of
/usr/local/lib/libgdal.so?

Best regards,
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