# Installing GDAL 3.2.0 on Amazon Linux 2
![gdal](https://gdal.org/_static/gdalicon.png "GDAL")
![linux](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Tux_Mono.svg/90px-Tux_Mono.svg.png "Linux")
![yum](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Yum.png "yum")


As of this day, this is probably the only and fastest way of installing it.

## Package requirements
Based from the [GDAL](https://gdal.org/download.html#build-requirements) and [PROJ](https://proj.org/install.html#build-requirements) build requirements, here is the full list of required packages to install:
 - **C++11** - [`cpp`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/cpp) version `7.3.1`
 - **PROJ 6** - [`proj`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/proj) version `6.1.1`
   - **SQLite3** - [`sqlite3`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/sqlite3) version `3.7.17`
   - **libtiff** - version `4.0`
   - **cmake** - version `3.13.1`
   
## 1. Installation of required packages
Luckilly, we don't have to install everything from source. At least some can be installed through **yum**.
```bash
sudo yum install cpp.x86_64 sqlite-devel.x86_64 libtiff.x86_64 cmake3.x86_64 -y
```

## 2. Installation of PROJ
Installation from source, currently there's no other way but this.
```bash
cd /tmp
wget https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-6.1.1.tar.gz
tar -xvf proj-6.1.1.tar.gz
cd proj-6.1.1
./configure
sudo make
sudo make install
```
### Important
Be careful not to install **PROJ** version `6.2.0` or newer because the one from the `yum` packages is only **SQLite** version `3.7.17`. Installing **PROJ** version `6.2.0` would require installing **SQLite** version `3.11` which you may need to install from source and not with **yum**.


## 3. Installation of GDAL
Installation from source, currently there's no other way but this.
```
cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/download/v3.2.0/gdal-3.2.0.tar.gz
tar -xvf gdal-3.2.0.tar.gz
cd gdal-3.2.0
./configure --with-proj=/usr/local --with-python
sudo make
sudo make install
```

## Testing your installation
```bash
which gdalinfo; gdalinfo --version
```
it should show something like
```bash
/usr/local/bin/gdalinfo
GDAL 3.2.0, released 2020/10/26
```
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