The code sharing repl.it has a python interpreter, and proudly hails that any library is available for import.
https://repl.it/site/blog/python-import
This does include the GDAL library. However, the typical GDAL installation experience, to the best of my knowledge, involves 1. installing drivers, libgdal-dev 2. setting environment variables 3. AND THEN installing GDAL.
Sequences like this have been discussed in this related question: Python GDAL package missing header file when installing via pip
Given these extra shell requirements, is it impossible to install GDAL from a python interpreter alone, as seems to be required for the available repl.it interface? Or is there a way to make this happen from within python?
rasterio(requires GDAL) also fails.