I tried to install GDAL on my local machine (Mac OS 10.15.7) using pip (pip3 install gdal), but pip gave me this really long error message that I cannot quite interpret. I sort of get the idea that it expects a file called gdal-config, but I have no idea what this file could be, and running pip3 install gdal-config just tells me that "gdal-config" isn't the name of anything that's available to be installed.
The full error message is listed below, in case anyone can get a better interpretation than I can:
Walt@WaltsMac gdal % pip install gdal -t .
Collecting gdal
Using cached GDAL-3.2.0.tar.gz (602 kB)
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/python3 -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base /private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-m7leal34
cwd: /private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/
Complete output (118 lines):
running egg_info
creating /private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-m7leal34/GDAL.egg-info
writing /private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-m7leal34/GDAL.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to /private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-m7leal34/GDAL.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing requirements to /private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-m7leal34/GDAL.egg-info/requires.txt
writing top-level names to /private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-m7leal34/GDAL.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing manifest file '/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-m7leal34/GDAL.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 151, in fetch_config
p = subprocess.Popen([command, args], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 775, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1522, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '../../apps/gdal-config': '../../apps/gdal-config'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 250, in get_gdal_config
return fetch_config(option, gdal_config=self.gdal_config)
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 154, in fetch_config
raise gdal_config_error(e)
__main__.gdal_config_error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '../../apps/gdal-config': '../../apps/gdal-config'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 151, in fetch_config
p = subprocess.Popen([command, args], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 775, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1522, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gdal-config': 'gdal-config'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 257, in get_gdal_config
return fetch_config(option)
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 154, in fetch_config
raise gdal_config_error(e)
__main__.gdal_config_error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gdal-config': 'gdal-config'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 471, in <module>
setup(**setup_kwargs)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 145, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 296, in run
self.find_sources()
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 303, in find_sources
mm.run()
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 534, in run
self.add_defaults()
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 570, in add_defaults
sdist.add_defaults(self)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/command/sdist.py", line 228, in add_defaults
self._add_defaults_ext()
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/command/sdist.py", line 311, in _add_defaults_ext
build_ext = self.get_finalized_command('build_ext')
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 299, in get_finalized_command
cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 107, in ensure_finalized
self.finalize_options()
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 320, in finalize_options
self.gdaldir = self.get_gdal_config('prefix')
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 263, in get_gdal_config
raise gdal_config_error(traceback_string + '\n' + msg)
__main__.gdal_config_error: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 151, in fetch_config
p = subprocess.Popen([command, args], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 775, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1522, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '../../apps/gdal-config': '../../apps/gdal-config'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 250, in get_gdal_config
return fetch_config(option, gdal_config=self.gdal_config)
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 154, in fetch_config
raise gdal_config_error(e)
gdal_config_error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '../../apps/gdal-config': '../../apps/gdal-config'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 151, in fetch_config
p = subprocess.Popen([command, args], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 775, in __init__
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 1522, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gdal-config': 'gdal-config'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 257, in get_gdal_config
return fetch_config(option)
File "/private/var/folders/h7/qdytckhj3sg7f60jg3_xf_lm0000gn/T/pip-install-3ers_bjs/gdal/setup.py", line 154, in fetch_config
raise gdal_config_error(e)
gdal_config_error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gdal-config': 'gdal-config'
Could not find gdal-config. Make sure you have installed the GDAL native library and development headers.
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.
