[gdal-dev] Installing additional packages for python in OSGeo4W

[Matt Wilkie]

Hi Aleksey,

With regard to ipython, if you register the o4w python with windows[1] 
you should be able to run the standard ipy windows installer, which will 
put ipy in %pythonhome%\Lib\site-packages. This may work for the other 
extra programs too.

[1] optional package to register python in Windows registry - 
http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/114

Longer term, I'd like see ipython added to the o4w packages list, but 
have not had the time to devote to it yet.

cheers,

matt wilkie
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On 06/05/2010 11:28 AM, Aleksey Naumov wrote:
> Dear GDAL experts,
>
> What is the best/recommended way to install additional python packages 
> for the Python bundled with OSGeo4W (currently 2.5.2)? Specifically, I 
> am looking for the following packages (which do not seem to be 
> available via the OSGeo4W installer; neither should they be, necessarily):
>   - IPython
>   - SQLAlchemy
>   - xlrd (module to read Excel files)
>
> I am still struggling with assembling on my Windows machine a complete 
> Python/GDAL toolchain (python, GDAL utility programs and python 
> bindings), which could also include other add-on modules (such as 
> those listed above). As per responses (thank you!) to my earlier 
> posting 
> (http://www.mail-archive.com/gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org/msg04681.html) I 
> am trying to build this toolset with OSGeo4W.
>
> I also tried assembling the toolset using just a standard Python 2.5 
> installation (python.org <http://python.org>), combined with 
> easy_install for xlrd and sqlalchemy. However, I could not install 
> GDAL, neither via easy_install (could not compile since I did not have 
> Visual Studio 2003; even though I had VS 2005), nor following 
> instructions on the GDAL page at PYPI 
> (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/GDAL/). On the PYPI page the link to 
> "GDAL Python Bindings" points to the page itself, and I have no idea 
> where to get the actual download (expected to see something like 
> GDAL-1.6.0.win32-py2.5.exe).
>
> So, any advice on how to make all these pieces work together is 
> greatly appreciated. Once again, the required pieces are: Windows, 
> Python 2.5, GDAL (utility programs & python bindings), IPython, 
> SQLAlchemy, xlrd (+ ability to install other add-on packages).
>
> Thank you,
>
> Aleksey
>