Unable to compile gdal with --with-python flag enabled

[swiss-knight]

I encountered this error when trying to compile gdal from sources on Ubuntu 18.04 (4.15.0-43-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux) :

From my /opt/gdal folder I first ran:
$ git pull

Then:
$ ./configure --with-python=python3

And finally:
$ make

=>ends up on this kind of error message:

make[1]: Entering directory '/opt/gdal/gdal/apps'
/bin/bash /opt/gdal/gdal/libtool --mode=link --silent g++  gdalinfo_bin.lo  /opt/gdal/gdal/libgdal.la  -o gdalinfo
/opt/gdal/gdal/.libs/libgdal.so: undefined reference to `OGR::transcode(char16_t const*, int)'
/opt/gdal/gdal/.libs/libgdal.so: undefined reference to `OGRDestroyXercesInputSource(xercesc_3_2::InputSource*)'
/opt/gdal/gdal/.libs/libgdal.so: undefined reference to `CPLIsMachineForSureGCEInstance()'
/opt/gdal/gdal/.libs/libgdal.so: undefined reference to `OGRCleanupXercesMutex()'
/opt/gdal/gdal/.libs/libgdal.so: undefined reference to `OGR::transcode(char16_t const*, CPLString&, int)'
/opt/gdal/gdal/.libs/libgdal.so: undefined reference to `CPLHaveRuntimeAVX()'
/opt/gdal/gdal/.libs/libgdal.so: undefined reference to `CPLIsMachinePotentiallyGCEInstance()'
/opt/gdal/gdal/.libs/libgdal.so: undefined reference to `OGRCreateXercesInputSource(_IO_FILE*)'
/opt/gdal/gdal/.libs/libgdal.so: undefined reference to `OGRInitializeXerces()'
/opt/gdal/gdal/.libs/libgdal.so: undefined reference to `OGRDeinitializeXerces()'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
GNUmakefile:82: recipe for target 'gdalinfo' failed
make[1]: *** [gdalinfo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/gdal/gdal/apps'
GNUmakefile:109: recipe for target 'apps-target' failed
make: *** [apps-target] Error 2

The same issue arise with other apps, like "gdal_translate", "gdalserver" or "gdaladdo" when using several cores when making the project.

It builds correctly if I do not use the flag --with-python at the ./configure step.

[rouault]

Can't reproduce the error with a single-process make and --with-python=python3. Is your make a single-process make or a multi-process one ?

[swiss-knight]

Yes it is a single-process make command that I run, i.e. without any -jX option where X = number of cores.

[Daya-Jin]

same problem.

[swiss-knight]

I figured out that after having upgraded some python3 packages and upgrading the ./configure options as follow, the build process passed without error:

$ pip3 install -U pip
$ pip3 install -U numpy
$ pip3 install -U setuptools
$ pip3 install -U six
$ pip3 install -U matplotlib
$ pip3 install -U pandas
$ pip3 install -U geopandas
$ pip3 install -U fiona
$ pip3 install -U shapely
$ ldconfig

(It was probably setuptools that was not enough up-to-date, but it's only a guess...)

Then ;

$ ./configure --with-proj=/usr/local \
                  --with-python=/usr/bin/python3 \
                  --with-local=/usr/local \
                  --with-cpp14

Finally, it has to be build with make.

$ make -j4

But before, it may be worth cleaning any previous try with:

$ make distclean

If you can confirm that it worked for you?

Note: there is still the same bug with PROJ release 6.3.0 and GDAL <master>,
but it's working with PROJ release 6.3.0 and GDAL release 2.4.0.

[rouault]

Seems that can be closed