GDAL 2.1.0 on AWS Linux 2017.09

install_steps.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Upgrade everything
sudo yum -y update

# Enable EPEL Repo
sudo yum-config-manager --enable epel

# Install the required packages for compilation
sudo yum install make automake gcc gcc-c++ libcurl-devel proj-devel geos-devel python-devel

# Create a working directory for compilaton
mkdir -p $HOME/src
cd $HOME/src/

# Download a copy of GDAL's source for building
curl -L http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/2.1.0/gdal-2.1.0.tar.gz | tar xvzf -
cd ${HOME}/src/gdal-2.1.0/

# Configure it with some minimal details
./configure --with-python --prefix=/usr/local

# Compile the source
make -j4

# Install it; the INSTALL_LAYOUT=amzn helps with the --install-layout=deb "bug"
sudo make install INSTALL_LAYOUT=amzn

# Have pip install pygdal matching this version of gdal
# --> NOTE: PATH has to be modified because pip won't find gdal-config, which lives in /usr/local/bin
# --> NOTE: GDALHOME has to be set so that pygdal can find the appropriate prefix; this is kind of redundant
#           BUT is nice to have everything stapled down.
sudo env PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH GDALHOME=/usr/local /usr/local/bin/pip install 'pygdal>=2.1.0,<2.1.1'