GDAL settings

[samazaphikel]

Hello,
I have tried to set up the repo on a new Django project. Unfortunately I have a problem with the setup of GDAL, do I have to install additional Python libraries?
I have installed GDAL in Windows:
C:\OSGeo4W\bin>gdalinfo --version
GDAL 3.10.1, released 2025/01/08

And in the settings I have specified the following path in addition to the settings specified in installations:
GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH = r'C:\OSGeo4W\bin\gdal310'

But unfortunately I can't get any further...

OSError: [WinError 127] The specified procedure was not found

Do you have some advise?

[andywar65]

Hello @samazaphikel
unfortunately I can't be of great help, because I encounter your same issues. All I do is circumvent the problem:

1. If forced on Windows, I run my Django project with a Postgres backend, and the issue disappears
2. Recently I moved all my projects to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, and in that environment GDAL is found without any problem. I warmly encourage you to follow this strategy, because WSL is a much better environment for developers

[samazaphikel]

I don't know if I have understood this correctly.

I have now installed the Ubuntu app in Windows.
Then set up GDAL in Ubuntu according to these instructions.

https://medium.com/@felipempfreelancer/install-gdal-for-python-on-ubuntu-24-04-9ed65dd39cac

How do I specify the GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH here?

[andywar65]

GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH goes into the settings.py file of your django project. It's not mandatory, the library should be found automatically