To install gdal libraries on Linux: ubuntu 12.04 & higher:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgdal 
sudo apt-get install gdal-bin
sudo apt-get install python-gdal

To install gdal for windows:

The following website provides GDAL for Windows software:
http://www.gisinternals.com/query.html?content=filelist&file=release-1600-x64-gdal-1-11-1-mapserver-6-4-1.zip
 
Download and install the following Microsoft Installer:
http://download.gisinternals.com/sdk/downloads/release-1600-x64-gdal-1-11-1-mapserver-6-4-1/gdal-111-1600-x64-core.msi

Perform a standard install (will install unused components), or perform a custom install.
For a custom install only the "Core Components" and the "Utilities","GDAL Utilities" are required.

The necessary components for reading GEO TIFF raster files has been integrated into the csip-rse war file.

These dependencies include:
gdallocationinfo.exe
gdall111.dll
geos.dl
geos_c.dll
iconv.dll
libcurl.dll
libeay32.dll
libexpat.dll
libmysql.dll
libpq.dll
openjp2.dll
proj.dll
spatiallite.dll
ssleay32.dll
xerces-c_2_8.dll
zlib1.dll

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