Let me start by saying that I have searched for help this problem and gone through the numerous threads that I have found, and none of them have worked, or I wasn't able to understand what they are saying to do.
Once such thread is here: Python GDAL package missing header file when installing via pip
I was able to run
pip install --no-install GDAL
But then I was instructed to "cd into ENV/build/GDAL". I know what cd means but I have no idea where this /ENV/build/GDAL diretory would be located and there is no more information about it in the post, or in the post that it references.
The core problem is just that I want to install GDAL for use in Python. I tried
pip install GDAL, and it failed with this output:
Collecting GDAL
Using cached GDAL-2.0.1.tar.gz
Installing collected packages: GDAL
Running setup.py install for GDAL
Complete output from command c:\users\isaac\appdata\local\programs\python\python35-32\python.exe -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\Isaac\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-4kmkv1_4\\GDAL\\setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\Isaac\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-fxko2gfx-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win32-3.5
copying gdal.py -> build\lib.win32-3.5
copying ogr.py -> build\lib.win32-3.5
copying osr.py -> build\lib.win32-3.5
copying gdalconst.py -> build\lib.win32-3.5
creating build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo
copying osgeo\gdal.py -> build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo
copying osgeo\gdalconst.py -> build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo
copying osgeo\gdalnumeric.py -> build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo
copying osgeo\gdal_array.py -> build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo
copying osgeo\ogr.py -> build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo
copying osgeo\osr.py -> build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo
copying osgeo\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo
Fixing build\lib.win32-3.5\gdal.py build\lib.win32-3.5\ogr.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osr.py build\lib.win32-3.5\gdalconst.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\gdal.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\gdalconst.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\gdalnumeric.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\gdal_array.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\ogr.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\osr.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\__init__.py
Skipping optional fixer: ws_comma
Fixing build\lib.win32-3.5\gdal.py build\lib.win32-3.5\ogr.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osr.py build\lib.win32-3.5\gdalconst.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\gdal.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\gdalconst.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\gdalnumeric.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\gdal_array.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\ogr.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\osr.py build\lib.win32-3.5\osgeo\__init__.py
Skipping optional fixer: ws_comma
running build_ext
building 'osgeo._gdal' extension
error: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
Command "c:\users\isaac\appdata\local\programs\python\python35-32\python.exe -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\Isaac\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-07o7k41s\\gdal\\setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\Isaac\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-640gw1ah-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\Isaac\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-07o7k41s\gdal
Can someone please help me with this? I'm completely lost and have no idea what to do about this.
I'm wondering if maybe it's because my python installation is in a funny place? It's installed at C:\Users\Isaac\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\, which is where it was placed when I installed PyCharm, but that folder and the /Scripts/ folder inside are in my PATH.
Edit: After a bit more research I'm wondering if it's because I'm using Python 3.5? I'll try rolling back to Python 3.4 and see if it changes anything
Edit 2: Nope, no luck, it still fails and tells me
error: Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 is required (Unable to find vcvarsall.bat)
I tried to install Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 and it just told me that there was already a newer version on my computer.
Probably the easiest way to install such kind of libraries is conda. Get and install Miniconda as user, not root. Now, create a new environment and install gdal into it:
conda create -n gdal_test python=3.5
activate gdal_test
conda install gdal
You need to stay inside this shell window. i.e. th prompt should like this (gdal_test). Start Python:
python
>>> import gdal
Note: On Linux and Mac OS X use source activate gdal_test.
To find out what versions of gdal are available, type:
conda search gdal
An output like this:
gdal
....
2.0.0 np110py34_0 defaults
means gdal 2.0.0 is available for Python 3.4 and needs NumPy 1.10.