Import GDAL Error

Question

I'm trying to import GDAL to run in 64-bit spyder and am getting the following error: import gdal Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-1-27bf4694dd2b>", line 1, in <module>
    import gdal

  File "C:\Users\Rdebbout\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\gdal.py", line 2, in <module>
    from osgeo.gdal import deprecation_warn

  File "C:\Users\Rdebbout\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\osgeo\__init__.py", line 32, in <module>
    _gdal = swig_import_helper()

  File "C:\Users\Rdebbout\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda\Lib\site-packages\osgeo\__init__.py", line 28, in swig_import_helper
    _mod = imp.load_module('_gdal', fp, pathname, description)

 ImportError: DLL load failed: The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.

I downloaded gdal as a wheel file from gohlke's website and then used pip install GDAL-1.11.3-cp27-none-win_amd64.whl.

Answer 1

There is a problem with version 2.0. You can try installing a previous version conda install gdal=1.11.2 For more information see: https://github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/400

Answer 2

I had the same problem in installing GDAL package on Conda. Finally this strange solution worked.

I installed a fresh anaconda. I created a new environment on the default python. Finally, I installed only shapely, psycopg2, and fiona in one command with no version specification and then I saw that GDAL is also installed and it is working!!!

The Installed versions are:

   Python    = 3.12.3

1- Shapely   = 2.0.1
2- Fiona     = 1.9.5
3- Psycopg2  = 2.9.9
4- GDAL      = 3.6.2

I am able to import GDAL and work with it even if I did not mention it in the command of conda to install it!!