ImportError: No module named vipsCC.VError

I got this erro when install it using pip. on CentOS7

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gdal2mbtiles", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gdal2mbtiles/main.py", line 242, in main
    args = parse_args(args=args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gdal2mbtiles/main.py", line 209, in parse_args
    args.coloring = coloring_arg(args.coloring)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gdal2mbtiles/main.py", line 65, in coloring_arg
    from gdal2mbtiles import vips
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gdal2mbtiles/vips.py", line 36, in <module>
    from vipsCC.VError import VError
ImportError: No module named vipsCC.VError

[LeonanCarvalho]

I already had all the other requirements installed, however I did not mind the vps.

To install it on CentOS (fedora, red hat etc) you should use remi repository:

Download the latest remi-release rpm from http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/7/remi/x86_64/ Install remi-release rpm: rpm -Uvh remi-release*rpm Install vips-python rpm package: yum --enablerepo=remi install vips-python

[joharohl]

I was able to reproduce your problem.

It’s most likely due to that when installing gdal on Centos 7, you get a newer version than most other distributions. Something is not working properly because of that (as far as we can tell). Someone will have a look at it, but I can’t promise when.

In the meantime, you should be able to work around it by warping the input file to whatever projection you want (for webbased maps it’s usually EPSG:3857) and telling gdal2mbtiles to use the specific projection, thus skipping the warp step like so: gdal2mbtiles --spatial-reference 3857 <input> <output>.

Also, if you have access to a system running a debian based system, it should work out of the box.

Hope this helps and thanks for your interest in gdal2mbtiles.