GDAL import fails with ImportError: libpoppler.so.71: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[cclarkson]

The same issue as found in the closed issue #9449 has started happening again.

ON COMMAND LINE

conda install gdal
Solving environment: done
# All requested packages already installed.

IN JUPYTER NOTEBOOK

import gdal

ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-5-ee38efafc30b> in <module>()
----> 1 import gdal

~/Git/ag1000g-phase2-data-paper/deps/conda/envs/ag1000g-phase2-data-paper/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gdal.py in <module>()
      1 # import osgeo.gdal as a convenience
----> 2 from osgeo.gdal import deprecation_warn
      3 deprecation_warn('gdal')
      4 
      5 from osgeo.gdal import *

~/Git/ag1000g-phase2-data-paper/deps/conda/envs/ag1000g-phase2-data-paper/lib/python3.6/site-packages/osgeo/__init__.py in <module>()
     19                 fp.close()
     20             return _mod
---> 21     _gdal = swig_import_helper()
     22     del swig_import_helper
     23 else:

~/Git/ag1000g-phase2-data-paper/deps/conda/envs/ag1000g-phase2-data-paper/lib/python3.6/site-packages/osgeo/__init__.py in swig_import_helper()
     15         if fp is not None:
     16             try:
---> 17                 _mod = imp.load_module('_gdal', fp, pathname, description)
     18             finally:
     19                 fp.close()

~/Git/ag1000g-phase2-data-paper/deps/conda/envs/ag1000g-phase2-data-paper/lib/python3.6/imp.py in load_module(name, file, filename, details)
    241                 return load_dynamic(name, filename, opened_file)
    242         else:
--> 243             return load_dynamic(name, filename, file)
    244     elif type_ == PKG_DIRECTORY:
    245         return load_package(name, filename)

~/Git/ag1000g-phase2-data-paper/deps/conda/envs/ag1000g-phase2-data-paper/lib/python3.6/imp.py in load_dynamic(name, path, file)
    341         spec = importlib.machinery.ModuleSpec(
    342             name=name, loader=loader, origin=path)
--> 343         return _load(spec)
    344 
    345 else:

ImportError: libpoppler.so.76: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[dahaynes]

What was the solution for this error? I recently built a new conda environment and ran into this error. Issue occurs when installing geopandas.

ImportError: libpoppler.so.76: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[varpushaukka]

downgrading poppler worked for me (as suggested in #9449 )

conda install "poppler<0.62"

[mazzma12]

downgrading poppler worked for me (as suggested in #9449 )

conda install "poppler<0.62"

It did not work for me, I had to install with pip

[vicchu]

downgrading poppler worked for me (as suggested in #9449 )

conda install "poppler<0.62"

Thank you！ It work for me。

[LuddeEklund]

conda install "poppler<0.62"

did not work for me!

[christine-e-smit]

It does not work for me either. I get "UnsatisfiableError".

[darribas]

I'm running into similar problems. With some the libraries I want to install on the environment, poppler<0.62 is too old and throws compatibility errors.

[christine-e-smit]

I found that if I removed conda-forge and used the default channel, I got a version of gdal that used popper<0.62 which worked. But I'm worried that the default channel will get updated at some point and gdal will stop installing.

[LuddeEklund]

If I removed conda-forge and installed geopandas with default (conda installed), it worked for me too!

[lamhydro]

This works for me:

1. Remove conda-forge from .condarc and leave the default channell only
2. type conda update --all, this will update your packages using the default channel.
3. Install (or reinstall) gdal using conda install gdal. This will downgrade poppler lib to the right version for gdal.
4. to test type python -c 'import gdal; print(dir(gdal))'

[LenaVolzhina]

Addition to the last comment: to reinstall gdal you should use conda install gdal --force-reinstall. After this I was finally able to import gdal! Thank you, @lamhydro.

[skeller88]

@cclarkson can this issue be reopened? I'm not sure why it was closed. I'm seeing the issue as well.

[lk137095576]

downgrading poppler worked for me (as suggested in #9449 )

conda install "poppler<0.62"

It works for me ! perfect

[CaoHoangTung]

I tried all the above solution and nothing seems to work. A similar error message occurred!

ImportError: libpoppler.so.91: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I'm using gdal 3.0.2 on python 3.6, ubuntu 20.04 LTS

[nvogtvincent]

I tried all the above solution and nothing seems to work. A similar error message occurred!

ImportError: libpoppler.so.91: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I'm using gdal 3.0.2 on python 3.6, ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Forcing an upgrade to poppler solves this for me. By default, conda installs poppler-0.89 and gdal-3.0.2. This triggers the libpoppler.so.91 error. Attempting to upgrade poppler in an existing environment (conda install -c conda-forge poppler=21.09) brings up complaints about incompatability. If I instead set up a new environment and specify the poppler version upon environment creation, it installs the specified poppler version (21.09 worked for me) and gdal-3.3.3. This runs with no issues in my configuration.

[SamratSinghRathore]

Try
pip install poppler-utils
followed by
conda install poppler

[DanRunfola]

@SamratSinghRathore thank you, that worked for my configuration. Not sure why it worked, but it did :)

[erkdiwakar2021]

Hi everybody, I am using Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS operating system, python 3.11.5 and conda 23.9.0. I tried to run GDAL through the jupyter notebook but i am facing the error as the error displays as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError Traceback (most recent call last)
File ~/anaconda3/envs/jupy/lib/python3.11/site-packages/osgeo/init.py:30, in swig_import_helper()
29 try:
---> 30 return importlib.import_module(mname)
31 except ImportError:

File ~/anaconda3/envs/jupy/lib/python3.11/importlib/init.py:126, in import_module(name, package)
125 level += 1
--> 126 return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)

File :1204, in _gcd_import(name, package, level)

File :1176, in find_and_load(name, import)

File :1147, in find_and_load_unlocked(name, import)

File :676, in _load_unlocked(spec)

File :573, in module_from_spec(spec)

File :1233, in create_module(self, spec)

File :241, in _call_with_frames_removed(f, *args, **kwds)

ImportError: libpoppler.so.126: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

ModuleNotFoundError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[1], line 1
----> 1 import osgeo.gdal as gdal

File ~/anaconda3/envs/jupy/lib/python3.11/site-packages/osgeo/init.py:46
42 raise ImportError(traceback_string + '\n' + msg)
43 return importlib.import_module('_gdal')
---> 46 _gdal = swig_import_helper()
47 del swig_import_helper
49 version = _gdal.version = _gdal.VersionInfo("RELEASE_NAME")

File ~/anaconda3/envs/jupy/lib/python3.11/site-packages/osgeo/init.py:43, in swig_import_helper()
41 traceback_string = ''.join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info()))
42 raise ImportError(traceback_string + '\n' + msg)
---> 43 return importlib.import_module('_gdal')

File ~/anaconda3/envs/jupy/lib/python3.11/importlib/init.py:126, in import_module(name, package)
124 break
125 level += 1
--> 126 return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_gdal' Can anyone suggest me how can i solve this problem. Any suggestion will be highly appreciable.

[EduardoZB]

I tried all the above solution and nothing seems to work. A similar error message occurred!

ImportError: libpoppler.so.91: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I'm using gdal 3.0.2 on python 3.6, ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Forcing an upgrade to poppler solves this for me. By default, conda installs poppler-0.89 and gdal-3.0.2. This triggers the libpoppler.so.91 error. Attempting to upgrade poppler in an existing environment (conda install -c conda-forge poppler=21.09) brings up complaints about incompatability. If I instead set up a new environment and specify the poppler version upon environment creation, it installs the specified poppler version (21.09 worked for me) and gdal-3.3.3. This runs with no issues in my configuration.

This one worked for me! I checked typing ogrinfo --version into my terminal and it returned my version (GDAL 3.3.2). Thank You kind sir!