id summary reporter owner description type status priority component version resolution keywords cc 161 gdal_GRASS.dll issue on windows Vista/Seven lutra osgeo4w-dev@… "Hi, lately I have made quite a lot (>20) fresh osgeo4w installations on windows platforms (xp,vista and seven) and I'm pretty sure I can confirm the problem. I have been told that have been a little controversy about this matter, you'll forgive me if I completely misunderstand what is going on (also because I'm no osgeo4w/gdal guru), so don't hesitate to close this ticket. In this case if you can give me (us) an explanation/hint I will appreciate. All started when testing under windows a plugin for qgis called ""gdal tools"" a nice interface for many gdal utilities: the plugin works fine under linux but under windows has problems apparently because of issues with the osgeo4w gdal utilities. This should be confirmed by the fact that the same tools under fwtools work fine. A few details: *) under windows XP all the tools that are in the form of .exe files work fine (both from the command line and from the plugin) *) the same tools under Vista/Seven return errors (both from the command line and from the plugin) like ""gdalinfo.exe has stopped working"" or ""gdalbuildvrt.exe has stopped working"" eventually they produce the correct output this doesn't happens with fwtools binaries. [[BR]] Under all windows versions there are also issues with the tools in the form of python scripts *) If during the osgeo4w install it is added *just* the gdal16/gdal16-python libraries/packages, then all the gdal utilities that are wrote in python fail to work. The error is always like (both from the command line and from the plugin): {{{ 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Traceback (most recent call last): File ""c:/osgeo4w/apps/gdal-16/bin/gdal_merge.py"", line 31, in import gdal ImportError: No module named gdal }}} *) I then tested also to install with osgeo4w the gdal/gdal-python libraries/packages (I know, probably not a good idea, but was just a test). This way the gdal merge utility then seems to work (as also rgb2pct), while all others still fail, example: {{{ gdal.Polygonize() not available. You are likely using ""old gen"" bindings or an older version of the next gen bindings. }}} {{{ Traceback (most recent call last): File ""C:\osgeo4w\apps\gdal-16\bin\gdal_proximity.py"", line 170, in gdal.ComputeProximity( srcband, dstband, options, AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'ComputeProximity' }}} " defect closed major Package invalid gdal, gdal utilities dr gislab alexbruy