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I have QGIS installed (on Windows) and can import this line from the QGIS Python console:

from osgeo import gdal

When I try the import in a python file it doesn't work

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/xxx/loader.py", line 6, in <module>
    from osgeo import gdal
ImportError: No module named osgeo

How can I use the osgeo lib outside from qgis?

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  • Have you tried repeating your steps using the OSGeo4W Shell command prompt? Type in python and enter the path to your python script.
    – Joseph
    Commented Apr 7, 2015 at 12:24
  • Please follow the steps indicated at gis.stackexchange.com/questions/129959/… and let me know if it worked.
    – Germán Carrillo
    Commented Apr 7, 2015 at 18:15

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i don't recall all the steps i used, but with the anaconda distro, i placed a text file (something like qgislibs.pth) within my anaconda directory (or you default python install) - within the text file, include the path to your osgeo4w site packages - probably like C:\OSGeo4W64\apps\Python27\Lib\site-packages\

i think i also had to include a path in the system environment variables to point to the gdal binaries - something like C:\OSGeo4W\bin

i doubt that's fool proof everywhere, but it's working for me.

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