Bug report #3476: GDAL raster tools on Windows Vista / 64 require GDAL binary path - QGIS Application - QGIS Issue Tracking

Bug report #3476

GDAL raster tools on Windows Vista / 64 require GDAL binary path

Added by nelson - almost 14 years ago. Updated about 12 years ago.

Status:	Closed
Priority:	Low
Assignee:	Giuseppe Sucameli
Category:	GDAL Tools
Affected QGIS version:	master	Regression?:	No
Operating System:	Windows	Easy fix?:	No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:	No	Resolution:
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:	No	Copied to github as #:	13536

Description

GDAL raster operations did not work on a standalone Windows install of QGIS 1.6.0 on my Vista 64 system. Any attempts to do things with Raster (such as Raster / Information) resulted in gdalinfo.exe crashing with a Windows error: "gdalinfo.exe has stopped working". Details are an appcrash, exception code c0000005 offset 0006020b

In discussion on IRC wildintellect suggested setting the binary path in GDAL Tools. I set it to C:/Program Files (x86)/Quantum GIS Copiapo/bin and now GDAL raster operations work correctly.

I've seen this bug hinted at online a few times (like ticket 3435), and in each case the user was running a 64 bit Windows. Volter on IRC says he doesn't see the problem in a WinXP 32 bit install. Perhaps Quantum GIS tries to find GDAL in C:\\Program Files\\ but not in C:\\Program Files (x86)\\? The latter is the default install path in 64 bit Windows.

History

#1 Updated by Borys Jurgiel over 13 years ago

#2 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 13 years ago

Target version changed from Version 1.7.0 to Version 1.7.4

#3 Updated by Giuseppe Sucameli almost 13 years ago

Pull Request or Patch supplied set to No

Could any Win64 users write here the value of the PATH environment var while QGis standalone is running on a Win 64bit?
A way to do it is the following one:

1. launch QGis,
2. open the Python console and run:

import os
os.getenv("PATH")

If you have set the path to Gdal binaries in the GdalTools setting dialog, first remove it, restart Qgis and then try again to retrieve the value of the PATH env var.