"Install in 5 minutes" instructions stops with error: A GDAL API version must be specified.

[pa5cal]

Description Following the "Install in 5 minutes" instructions literally doesn't result in a working installation. There's a missing dependency GDAL API version.

Steps to Reproduce

python -m venv pygeoapi
cd pygeoapi
Scripts\activate.bat
git clone https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi.git
cd pygeoapi
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Expected behavior This should install pygeoapi without errors.

Screenshots/Tracebacks

 C:\Users\.......:
  INFO:root:Building on Windows requires extra options to setup.py to locate needed GDAL files. More information is available in the README.
  ERROR: A GDAL API version must be specified. Provide a path to gdal-config using a GDAL_CONFIG environment variable or use a GDAL_VERSION environment variable.

Environment

• OS: Windows Server 2019 Standard
• Python version: Python 3.7.4
• pygeoapi version: Latest

Additional context The mentioned README does not contain any further information how to create the required extra option.

[doublebyte1]

@pa5cal thank you for reporting this. Does the issue still persist in the latest version?

[pa5cal]

@doublebyte1 thank you for asking. I am now using pygeoapi via Docker, as the installation and usage worked smoothly without any further difficulties.

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