Thank you, this worked! Maybe this should be mentioned on the Download page? I 
think it is a bit incomplete in general: Nothing on macOS and the Windows 
section just mentions Conda and no alternatives (like gisinternals.com and 
OSGeo4W). Maybe it could be expanded?

Marius

> Am 11.01.2021 um 19:18 schrieb Chris Marsh <chris.ma...@usask.ca>:
> 
> Hi,
> You need to have the gdal binaries installed before pip install gdal will 
> work. Specifically, pip install gdal installs the python bindings for gdal.
> 
> In my opinion on mac, the easiest way is to install gdal via homebrew. Then 
> the configuration utility gdal-info should be on the path and pip install 
> GDAL should work
> https://pypi.org/project/GDAL/ <https://pypi.org/project/GDAL/>
> 
> Going the homebrew route for gdal will ensure you have everything needed for 
> gdal to work and avoids the complication of having to compile gdal yourself. 
> 
> Personally, I use gdal from base homebrew and then use this repackaging of 
> the python gdal bindings. I've found it to be more reliable with venvs.
> https://github.com/nextgis/pygdal <https://github.com/nextgis/pygdal>
> 
> Both methods should work though,
> 
> Cheers
> Chris

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