I am trying to setup an isolated python virtualenv to work on GIS projects on my Mac OS X. Sounds like I will need to install the GEOS, PROJ, GDAL/OGR from the kyngchaos site here http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks and not easy_install it into my virtualenv. Is that accurate?
The downloads available on kyngchaos are pkg installers and not just an egg or bdist of python modules. So, I am not very sure as to what else the installer is doing to the environment other than just copying files to /Library/Framework/geos.framework folder.
How would I go about installing a specific version of GEOS, PROJ, GDAL/OGR into my new python virtualenv? I would appreciate your help/suggestions on this issue.
Best Answer
If you need to use OSX you can easily avoid installation complexities by installing homebrew!
After this the only commands you will need to enter are:
It will automatically install also proj and geos because they are gdal dependencies.