Posted on February 13, 2023 (Updated on July 10, 2025)

OSGEO4W Checking GDAL version with `gdalinfo –version` returns nothing

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How do I know what version of GDAL I have?

GDAL applications are run through the terminal. To test your installation, run the terminal command gdalinfo –version . A correct installation will output something like GDAL 1.9. 0, released 2011/12/29 .

How do I find my GDAL version on Windows?

Step 4: Testing the GDAL install

  1. Open the Windows command line, by going to the Start Menu -> Run ->Type in cmd and press Enter.
  2. Type in gdalinfo –version.
  3. Press Enter.
  4. If you get the following result, then congratulations your GDAL installation worked smoothly!


What is the latest version of GDAL?

As a library, it presents a single raster abstract data model and single vector abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. It also comes with a variety of useful command line utilities for data translation and processing. The NEWS page describes the January 2023 GDAL/OGR 3.6. 2 release.

How to install GDAL on Mac M1?

How-To: Install GDAL Python Bindings

  1. Via GDAL Framework / QGIS. First, you can install the GDAL Framework via QGIS (or get it directly), and then do…
  2. Via Homebrew. Alternatively, install GDAL via brew, then do similar to the above.
  3. Check. import osgeo osgeo.gdal.VersionInfo()
  4. Troubleshooting.


What is Osgeo GDAL?

GDAL is a C++ translator library for more than 200 raster and vector geospatial data formats. It is released under an X/MIT style Open Source license by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.

What version of Python does GDAL use?

SWIG 4.0

The GDAL Python package is built using SWIG. The currently supported version is SWIG 4.0.

How to use GDAL from command line?

Under windows, open the command prompt (type cmd in start if you can’t find it), and type the Gdal command you want to use. If it says the command is not recognized, ‘gdalinfo’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
 

How to install OSGeo on Windows?

Quick Start for OSGeo4W Users

  1. Download the ​OSGeo4W network installer.
  2. Run the installer.
  3. Select Express Install, and Next.
  4. Pick one or more packages to install, and Next.
  5. The selected packages and their required sub packages will be downloaded and installed automatically.

 

What is the difference between Gdalwarp and gdal_translate?

Fundamental difference is that gdalwarp can reproject rasters between different coordinate reference systems but gdal_translate can’t. With gdal_translate it is more straight forward to translate data between the supported raster formats gdal.org/drivers/raster/index.html.
 

How do I know what version of GDAL I have Mac?

If you are not sure which version of GDAL you downloaded, execute ls /usr/local/Cellar/gdal/ and you will find it.
 

Where does conda install GDAL?

The GDAL distribution from conda-forge installs GDAL as part of the OSGEO library, which includes GDAL, OGR, and OSR.

How do you get GDAL?

To get the latest GDAL/OGR version, add the PPA to your sources, then install the gdal-bin package (this should automatically grab any necessary dependencies, including at least the relevant libgdal version). Once you add the repository, go ahead and update your source packages.