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+# Copyright 2013-2019 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyPygdal(PythonPackage):
+    """
+    Virtualenv and setuptools friendly version of standard GDAL python
+    bindings.
+
+    This package is for you if you had problems installing GDAL in your
+    virtualenv. You can install GDAL into your virtualenv using this package
+    but you still need to install GDAL library and its header files on your
+    system.
+    """
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nextgis/pygdal"
+    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/p/pygdal/pygdal-3.0.1.5.tar.gz"
+
+    version('3.0.1.5', sha256='1222f69fe5e6b632d0d2a42d3acb8fac80fb4577c05e01969d8cd5548192ccaa')
+    version('1.11.5.3', sha256='746d13b73a284446a1b604772f869789eabfe6e69dee463f537da27845b29fa7')
+    version('1.11.4.3', sha256='99d4b0c94d57ae50592924faaa65cc6a0c0892d83764e9f24ef9270c3a4b111a')
+
+    depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-numpy@1.0.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('gdal@3.0.1', type=('build', 'link', 'run'), when='@3.0.1.5')
+    depends_on('gdal@1.11.5', type=('build', 'link', 'run'), when='@1.11.5.3')
+    depends_on('gdal@1.11.4', type=('build', 'link', 'run'), when='@1.11.4.3')