Hi chao you should install gdal using the ubuntugis (stable or unstable) repository . 1.6.3 is really old, plus you shouldn't install the debian packages on ubuntu.
see: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadingGdalBinaries If you really have to build it see: http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/BuildHints Etienne On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Chao YUE <[email protected]> wrote: > Finally I managed to install gdal 1.6.3 using a debien package (and I have > to install libgdal1-1.6.0 before ). But I read from > http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInPython > saying that from version 1.7.0, python 3 is needed. > > thanks et cheers, > > Chao > > > 2012/5/27 Chao YUE <[email protected]> >> >> Dear all, >> >> I am new to gdal and when I try to install it on my ubuntu computer, I >> have the following error. It occurs either with pip or with manual python >> setup.py build. >> could anyone give me some clue on this problem? thanks in advance. >> >> Chao >> >> chaoyue@chaoyue-Aspire-4750:~/python/python_lib/build/gdal$ sudo python >> setup.py install >> [sudo] password for chaoyue: >> running install >> Checking .pth file support in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ >> /usr/bin/python -E -c pass >> TEST PASSED: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ appears to support >> .pth files >> running bdist_egg >> running egg_info >> writing GDAL.egg-info/PKG-INFO >> writing top-level names to GDAL.egg-info/top_level.txt >> writing dependency_links to GDAL.egg-info/dependency_links.txt >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "setup.py", line 267, in <module> >> ext_modules = ext_modules ) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup >> dist.run_commands() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands >> self.run_command(cmd) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command >> cmd_obj.run() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/install.py", >> line 73, in run >> self.do_egg_install() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/install.py", >> line 93, in do_egg_install >> self.run_command('bdist_egg') >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command >> self.distribution.run_command(command) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command >> cmd_obj.run() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py", >> line 172, in run >> self.run_command("egg_info") >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command >> self.distribution.run_command(command) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command >> cmd_obj.run() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", >> line 179, in run >> self.find_sources() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", >> line 254, in find_sources >> mm.run() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", >> line 308, in run >> self.add_defaults() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", >> line 332, in add_defaults >> sdist.add_defaults(self) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/sdist.py", >> line 191, in add_defaults >> build_ext = self.get_finalized_command('build_ext') >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 312, in >> get_finalized_command >> cmd_obj.ensure_finalized() >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 109, in >> ensure_finalized >> self.finalize_options() >> File "setup.py", line 164, in finalize_options >> self.gdaldir = self.get_gdal_config('prefix') >> File "setup.py", line 144, in get_gdal_config >> return fetch_config(option) >> File "setup.py", line 97, in fetch_config >> raise gdal_config_error, e""") >> File "<string>", line 4, in <module> >> __main__.gdal_config_error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory >> >> -- >> >> *********************************************************************************** >> Chao YUE >> Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE-IPSL) >> UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ >> Batiment 712 - Pe 119 >> 91191 GIF Sur YVETTE Cedex >> Tel: (33) 01 69 08 29 02; Fax:01.69.08.77.16 >> >> ************************************************************************************ >> > > > > -- > *********************************************************************************** > Chao YUE > Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE-IPSL) > UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ > Batiment 712 - Pe 119 > 91191 GIF Sur YVETTE Cedex > Tel: (33) 01 69 08 29 02; Fax:01.69.08.77.16 > ************************************************************************************ > > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
