A GDAL API version must be specified.

[MiriamSch]

I am trying to install rioxarray using pip with the following command in my virtual environment: "pip install rioxarray". However, I get the following error message and do not know how to fix it: "ERROR: A GDAL API version must be specified. Provide a path to gdal-config using a GDAL_CONFIG environment variable or use a GDAL_VERSION environment variable." It would be great if someone could help me!

[snowman2]

That sounds like an issue with installing rasterio (https://github.com/rasterio/rasterio/). Can you provide this information?

• Python version (python -c "import sys; print(sys.version.replace('\n', ' '))")
• Operation System Information (python -c "import platform; print(platform.platform())")

Also, do you have GDAL installed on your system? If so, do you know where?

[MiriamSch]

Version: 3.8.10 (tags/v3.8.10:3d8993a, May 3 2021, 11:48:03) [MSC v.1928 64 bit (AMD64)]
Operation System: Windows-10-10.0.19043-SP0
Yes, I have GDAL installed on my system (when checking python pip list). The name of the folder should be C:\Users\Miriam.pyvenv\ve1\Lib\site-packages\osgeo.

[snowman2]

Here are the instructions for windows rasterio installation:
https://github.com/rasterio/rasterio/#windows-1

You could also try the wheels from here:
https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#rasterio

[MiriamSch]

it worked with the wheels from gohlke! thank you so much for your help.