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Linux (Ubuntu)

In case you're running Ubuntu 16.04 'xenial' or higher, you can just

sudo apt-get install gdal-bin

If you're running a lower Ubuntu version, you may need the UbuntuGIS package archive first:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gdal-bin

That's it! Run ogr2ogr to test whether everything works; you should see ogr2ogr's help page.

Bonus: sudo apt-get install qgis to get QGIS.

For other distributions, please see instructions on the GDAL and QGIS websites.

OS X

The most convenient way to install GDAL on OS X is through the package maintained by KyngChaos.

Run ogr2ogr in a terminal to test whether everythings works.

Windows

While installing GDAL on Windows is easy, coupling it to a Bash environment requires an ugly hack.

  1. install GDAL (and QGIS) through the OSGeo4W installer. Choose Express Desktop Install. This will install a bunch of geo softwares; we are interested in the OSGeo4W Shell.
  2. install Git from https://git-scm.com/download. You now have a Bash terminal; look for Git Bash in your machine.
  3. the ugly hack: copy everything from C:\OSGeo4W\bin to C:\Program Files\git\bin. Voilá: you have a Bash environment that can execute gdal commands.

Please let us know of a better and more elegant way to do this.