[gdal-dev] Help with import gdal import in python

[Giacomo Piva]

Frank,
Thanks for your reply, I solved my problem by recompiling GDAL with 
--with-python option.
Thanks.

On 02/09/2011 05:40 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> On 11-02-09 11:23 AM, Giacomo Piva wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm getting this error when calling gdal_merge.py command.
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "/home/meeo/bin/gdal_merge.py", line 31, in ?
>> import gdal
>> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/gdal.py", line 7, in ?
>> import _gdal
>> ImportError: No module named _gdal
>>
>> I don't know python 'cause I don't know how to solve this problem.
>> Any suggestion?
>
> Giacomo,
>
> With all due respect you haven't given much context.   Did you build
> and install GDAL and the python bindings yourself?
>
> I imagine the problem is related either to the _gdal.so file not being
> found, or it not loading because the underlying libgdal.so.* file not
> being found.  Does _gdal.so exist in:
>
>   /usr/lib/python2.4/osgeo
>
> Best regards,


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