Python installation¶
Beginning in PDAL 1.0.0, a Python extension to execute pipelines and read its output as a numpy array is available.
To install it need to compile and install PDAL and then install the PDAL Python extension
Install from local¶
In the source code of PDAL there is a python
folder, you have to enter
there and run
python setup.py build
# this should be run as administrator/super user
python setup.py install
Install from repository¶
The second method to install the PDAL Python extension is to use pip or easy_install, you have to run the command as administrator.
pip install PDAL
Note
To install pip please read here