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Install GDAL 2.3 with ECW support on Ubuntu 18.04
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| ## | |
| ## Tested on: Ubuntu 18.04 & ECW 5.4 & GDAL 2.3.1 | |
| ## | |
| ## Download the ERDAS ECW JP2 SDK v5.4 Linux | |
| ## https://download.hexagongeospatial.com/downloads/ecw/erdas-ecw-jp2-sdk-v5-4-linux | |
| ## Download GDAL v2.3 Source (ex. 2.3.1) | |
| ## http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadSource | |
| ## First remove gdal if it's already installed | |
| sudo apt remove gdal-bin gdal-data libgdal20 | |
| sudo apt autoremove | |
| sudo apt install libpng-dev | |
| ## Unzip ECW libraries and install. | |
| ## At the menu, select 1 for "Desktop Read-Only Redistributable" | |
| unzip erdas-ecw-sdk-5.4.0-linux.zip | |
| chmod +x ERDAS_ECWJP2_SDK-5.4.0.bin | |
| ./ERDAS_ECWJP2_SDK-5.4.0.bin | |
| ## Copy new libraries to system folder | |
| ## Rename the newabi library as x64 and move necessary libraries to /usr/local/lib | |
| sudo cp -r ~/hexagon/ERDAS-ECW_JPEG_2000_SDK-5.4.0/Desktop_Read-Only /usr/local/hexagon | |
| sudo rm -r /usr/local/hexagon/lib/x64 | |
| sudo mv /usr/local/hexagon/lib/newabi/x64 /usr/local/hexagon/lib/x64 | |
| sudo cp /usr/local/hexagon/lib/x64/release/libNCSEcw* /usr/local/lib | |
| sudo ldconfig /usr/local/hexagon | |
| ## Build GDAL with ECW support | |
| unzip gdal-2.3.1.zip | |
| cd gdal-2.3.1 | |
| ./configure --with-ecw=/usr/local/hexagon | |
| make clean | |
| make | |
| sudo make install | |
| ## Check if it works | |
| gdalinfo --formats | grep ECW | |
| ## Remove installation files | |
| sudo rm -rf ~/hexagon/ | |
| echo "SKO BUFFS!" |
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Thank you! It worked for me on Ubuntu 20 as well while official GDAL manual does not work.