title: Installing GDAL python binding Linux
body: <p>I've been trying to install the python GDAL binding from source with ./configure --with-python but when i attemp </p>
  
  <pre><code>from osgeo import gdal
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;stdin&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
   File "osgeo/__init__.py", line 21, in &lt;module&gt;
     _gdal = swig_import_helper()
    File "osgeo/__init__.py", line 17, in swig_import_helper
      _mod = imp.load_module('_gdal', fp, pathname, description)
  ImportError: libgdal.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It seems to me to be an error with swig.</p>