fix: handling gdal dependency

Makefile

@@ -12,15 +12,16 @@ ifndef VENV
 endif
 
 # Python version requirement
-PYTHON_VERSION_MIN = 3.9
+PYTHON_VERSION_REQUIRED = 3.10
 
 ifndef PYTHON
-	PYTHON = "python3"
+	# Try to find python version required
+	PYTHON = "python$(PYTHON_VERSION_REQUIRED)"
 endif
 PYTHON_CMD=$(shell command -v $(PYTHON))
 
 PYTHON_VERSION_CUR=$(shell $(PYTHON_CMD) -c 'import sys; print("%d.%d" % sys.version_info[0:2])')
-PYTHON_VERSION_OK=$(shell $(PYTHON_CMD) -c 'import sys; cur_ver = sys.version_info[0:2]; min_ver = tuple(map(int, "$(PYTHON_VERSION_MIN)".split("."))); print(int(cur_ver >= min_ver))')
+PYTHON_VERSION_OK=$(shell $(PYTHON_CMD) -c 'import sys; req_ver = tuple(map(int, "$(PYTHON_VERSION_REQUIRED)".split("."))); cur_ver = sys.version_info[0:2]; print(int(cur_ver == req_ver))')
 
 ############### Check python version supported ############
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ ifeq (, $(PYTHON_CMD))
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(PYTHON_VERSION_OK), 0)
-    $(error "Requires python version >= $(PYTHON_VERSION_MIN). Current version is $(PYTHON_VERSION_CUR)")
+    $(error "Requires Python version == $(PYTHON_VERSION_REQUIRED). Current version is $(PYTHON_VERSION_CUR)")
 endif
 
 ################ MAKE Targets ######################
@@ -44,19 +45,42 @@ venv: ## Create a virtual environment in 'venv' directory if it doesn't exist
 	@touch ${VENV}/bin/activate
 	@${VENV}/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade wheel setuptools pip
 
+.PHONY: install-gdal
+install-gdal: ## Install GDAL version matching the system's GDAL via pip
+	@if command -v gdalinfo >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+		GDAL_VERSION=$$(gdalinfo --version | awk '{print $$2}'); \
+		echo "System GDAL version: $$GDAL_VERSION"; \
+		${VENV}/bin/pip install gdal==$$GDAL_VERSION; \
+	else \
+		echo "Warning: GDAL not found on the system. Proceeding without GDAL."; \
+		echo "Try installing GDAL by running the following commands depending on your system:"; \
+		echo "Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install -y gdal-bin libgdal-dev"; \
+		echo "Red Hat/CentOS: sudo yum install -y gdal gdal-devel"; \
+		echo "Then run 'make install-gdal' to proceed with GDAL installation."; \
+	fi
+
 .PHONY: install
 install: venv ## Install xDEM for development (depends on venv)
 	@test -f ${VENV}/bin/xdem || echo "Installing xdem in development mode"
 	@test -f ${VENV}/bin/xdem || ${VENV}/bin/pip install -e .[dev]
 	@test -f .git/hooks/pre-commit || echo "Installing pre-commit hooks"
 	@test -f .git/hooks/pre-commit || ${VENV}/bin/pre-commit install -t pre-commit
 	@test -f .git/hooks/pre-push || ${VENV}/bin/pre-commit install -t pre-push
+	@echo "Attempting to install GDAL..."
+	@make install-gdal
 	@echo "XDEM installed in development mode in virtualenv ${VENV}"
 	@echo "To use: source ${VENV}/bin/activate; xdem -h"
 
-#.PHONY: test
-#test: ## run tests
-#	@${VENV}/bin/pytest
+
+.PHONY: test
+test: ## run tests
+	@if ! ${VENV}/bin/python -m pip show gdal >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+		echo "Error: GDAL is not installed in the virtual environment. Tests require GDAL to run."; \
+		echo "Please ensure GDAL is installed by running 'make install-gdal'."; \
+		exit 1; \
+	else \
+		${VENV}/bin/pytest; \
+	fi
 
 ## Clean section
 

setup.cfg

@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ test =
     pylint
     scikit-learn
     richdem
-    gdal
 doc =
     sphinx
     sphinx-book-theme
@@ -77,6 +76,6 @@ dev =
     pre-commit
     %(opt)s
     %(doc)s
+    %(test)s
 all =
     %(dev)s
-    %(test)s