GDAL using CentOS 6

First of all we add the EPEL and ELGIS (Enterprise Linux GIS) repository to our repostory list.
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://elgis.argeo.org/repos/6/elgis-release-6-6_0.noarch.rpm

It seems that EPEL broke the compatibility with GDAL.
Take a look at http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/1407521448.20899.9.camel@asus-laptop-03.gunduz.org.

Error: Package: gdal-1.9.2-4.el6.x86_64 (elgis)
           Requires: libarmadillo.so.3()(64bit)
Error: Package: gdal-libs-1.9.2-4.el6.x86_64 (elgis)
           Requires: libarmadillo.so.3()(64bit)

We need to exclude the armadillo package from the EPEL repository.
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo

[epel]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - $basearch
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/$basearch
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=$basearch
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
exclude=armadillo*

Let us just try to get the corret rpm package using this link http://proj.badc.rl.ac.uk/cedaservices/ticket/670 provided by the JASMIN analysis platform.
wget http://proj.badc.rl.ac.uk/cedaservices/raw-attachment/ticket/670/armadillo-3.800.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
yum install armadillo-3.800.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm


It should recognize the blas dependency.

Installing:
 armadillo   x86_64   3.800.2-1.el6     /armadillo-3.800.2-1.el6.x86_64    40 k
Installing for dependencies:
 blas        x86_64   3.2.1-4.el6       base                              321 k

After that yum install gdal should work like a charme.

We also need hdf5 package so we need to install it, too.
yum install hdf5.so.6

Installing:
 hdf5-openmpi                i686      1.8.5.patch1-9.el6      epel       1.2 M
Installing for dependencies:
 glibc                       i686      2.12-1.149.el6_6.7      updates    4.3 M
 libgcc                      i686      4.4.7-11.el6            base       113 k
 libgfortran                 i686      4.4.7-11.el6            base       245 k
 libibumad                   i686      1.3.9-1.el6             base        57 k
 libibverbs                  i686      1.1.8-3.el6             base        53 k
 libnl                       i686      1.1.4-2.el6             base       124 k
 librdmacm                   i686      1.0.18.1-1.el6          base        58 k
 libstdc++                   i686      4.4.7-11.el6            base       301 k
 libtool-ltdl                i686      2.2.6-15.5.el6          base        45 k
 lm_sensors-libs             i686      3.1.1-17.el6            base        37 k
 nss-softokn-freebl          i686      3.14.3-22.el6_6         updates    157 k
 openmpi                     i686      1.8.1-1.el6             base       2.9 M
 opensm-libs                 i686      3.3.17-1.el6            base        60 k
 papi                        i686      5.1.1-5.el6             base       485 k
 zlib                        i686      1.2.3-29.el6            base        73 k
Updating for dependencies:
 cpp                         x86_64    4.4.7-11.el6            base       3.7 M
 gcc                         x86_64    4.4.7-11.el6            base        10 M
 gcc-c++                     x86_64    4.4.7-11.el6            base       4.7 M
 gcc-gfortran                x86_64    4.4.7-11.el6            base       4.7 M
 glibc                       x86_64    2.12-1.149.el6_6.7      updates    3.8 M
 glibc-common                x86_64    2.12-1.149.el6_6.7      updates     14 M
 glibc-devel                 x86_64    2.12-1.149.el6_6.7      updates    983 k
 glibc-headers               x86_64    2.12-1.149.el6_6.7      updates    612 k
 libgcc                      x86_64    4.4.7-11.el6            base       102 k
 libgfortran                 x86_64    4.4.7-11.el6            base       267 k
 libgomp                     x86_64    4.4.7-11.el6            base       133 k
 libstdc++                   x86_64    4.4.7-11.el6            base       294 k
 libstdc++-devel             x86_64    4.4.7-11.el6            base       1.6 M
 nspr                        x86_64    4.10.6-1.el6_5          base       113 k
 nspr-devel                  x86_64    4.10.6-1.el6_5          base       111 k
 nss-softokn                 x86_64    3.14.3-22.el6_6         updates    262 k
 nss-softokn-devel           x86_64    3.14.3-22.el6_6         updates     14 k
 nss-softokn-freebl          x86_64    3.14.3-22.el6_6         updates    167 k
 nss-softokn-freebl-devel    x86_64    3.14.3-22.el6_6         updates    139 k
 nss-util                    x86_64    3.16.2.3-2.el6_6        updates     66 k
 nss-util-devel              x86_64    3.16.2.3-2.el6_6        updates     68 k

The libhdf5.so.6 should be located at /usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libhdf5.so.6.

Ensure which libraries are missing by using which ogrinfo

/usr/bin/ogrinfo

and ldd /usr/bin/ogrinfo

	linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fff2a525000)
	libgdal.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libgdal.so.1 (0x00007f3bdbe16000)
	libarmadillo.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libarmadillo.so.3 (0x00007f3bdbc10000)
	libpoppler.so.5 => /usr/lib64/libpoppler.so.5 (0x0000003950e00000)
	libfreexl.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libfreexl.so.1 (0x00007f3bdba06000)
	libgeos_c.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libgeos_c.so.1 (0x00007f3bdb7e2000)
	libodbc.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libodbc.so.2 (0x00007f3bdb57a000)
	libodbcinst.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libodbcinst.so.2 (0x00007f3bdb369000)
	libexpat.so.1 => /lib64/libexpat.so.1 (0x0000003947200000)
	libxerces-c-3.0.so => /usr/lib64/libxerces-c-3.0.so (0x00007f3bdadc7000)
	libjasper.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libjasper.so.1 (0x0000003945200000)
	libnetcdf.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libnetcdf.so.6 (0x00007f3bdaa82000)
	libhdf5.so.6 => not found
	libgif.so.4 => /usr/lib64/libgif.so.4 (0x000000394ee00000)
	libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62 (0x0000003953e00000)
	libgeotiff.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libgeotiff.so.2 (0x00007f3bda84e000)
	libtiff.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libtiff.so.3 (0x0000003951a00000)
	libgta.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgta.so.0 (0x00007f3bda644000)
	libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0 (0x0000003947e00000)
	libcfitsio.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libcfitsio.so.0 (0x00007f3bda28f000)
	libpq.so.5 => /usr/lib64/libpq.so.5 (0x00007f3bda067000)
	liblzma.so.0 => /usr/lib64/liblzma.so.0 (0x000000394de00000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x0000003943a00000)
	librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x0000003944600000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x0000003943e00000)
	libdapclient.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libdapclient.so.3 (0x00007f3bd9e37000)
	libdapserver.so.7 => /usr/lib64/libdapserver.so.7 (0x00007f3bd9c2c000)
	libdap.so.11 => /usr/lib64/libdap.so.11 (0x00007f3bd993b000)
	libspatialite.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libspatialite.so.2 (0x00007f3bd945d000)
	libcurl.so.4 => /usr/lib64/libcurl.so.4 (0x0000003958e00000)
	libCharLS.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libCharLS.so.1 (0x00007f3bd9208000)
	libmysqlclient.so.16 => /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.16 (0x00007f3bd8e84000)
	libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x0000003944200000)
	libcrypt.so.1 => /lib64/libcrypt.so.1 (0x00007f3bd8c4c000)
	libnsl.so.1 => /lib64/libnsl.so.1 (0x0000003954200000)
	libssl.so.10 => /usr/lib64/libssl.so.10 (0x0000003952a00000)
	libcrypto.so.10 => /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.10 (0x0000003950a00000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x000000394fe00000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x0000003943600000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f3bd8a34000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x0000003943200000)
	libhdf5.so.6 => not found
	liblapack.so.3 => /usr/lib64/atlas/liblapack.so.3 (0x00007f3bd8212000)
	libblas.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libblas.so.3 (0x00007f3bd7fbb000)
	libcblas.so.3 => /usr/lib64/atlas/libcblas.so.3 (0x00007f3bd7d9a000)
	libclapack.so.3 => /usr/lib64/atlas/libclapack.so.3 (0x00007f3bd7b82000)
	liblcms.so.1 => /usr/lib64/liblcms.so.1 (0x0000003950600000)
	libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6 (0x0000003947600000)
	libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x0000003948a00000)
	libopenjpeg.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libopenjpeg.so.2 (0x00007f3bd7963000)
	libgeos-3.3.8.so => /usr/lib64/libgeos-3.3.8.so (0x00007f3bd75cf000)
	libltdl.so.7 => /usr/lib64/libltdl.so.7 (0x0000003951e00000)
	libhdf5_hl.so.6 => not found
	libhdf5.so.6 => not found
	libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6 (0x0000003951600000)
	libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6 (0x0000003951200000)
	libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x0000003946600000)
	libproj.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libproj.so.0 (0x00007f3bd7380000)
	libbz2.so.1 => /lib64/libbz2.so.1 (0x0000003957200000)
	libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /lib64/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x00007f3bd713b000)
	libldap_r-2.4.so.2 => /lib64/libldap_r-2.4.so.2 (0x00007f3bd6ee7000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000003942e00000)
	libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2 (0x000000394e200000)
	libuuid.so.1 => /lib64/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f3bd6ce2000)
	libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libsqlite3.so.0 (0x0000003957a00000)
	libidn.so.11 => /lib64/libidn.so.11 (0x0000003958a00000)
	libldap-2.4.so.2 => /lib64/libldap-2.4.so.2 (0x00007f3bd6a94000)
	libkrb5.so.3 => /lib64/libkrb5.so.3 (0x000000394f600000)
	libk5crypto.so.3 => /lib64/libk5crypto.so.3 (0x0000003950200000)
	libcom_err.so.2 => /lib64/libcom_err.so.2 (0x000000394f200000)
	libssl3.so => /usr/lib64/libssl3.so (0x0000003953600000)
	libsmime3.so => /usr/lib64/libsmime3.so (0x0000003953200000)
	libnss3.so => /usr/lib64/libnss3.so (0x0000003952e00000)
	libnssutil3.so => /usr/lib64/libnssutil3.so (0x00007f3bd6865000)
	libplds4.so => /lib64/libplds4.so (0x00007f3bd6661000)
	libplc4.so => /lib64/libplc4.so (0x0000003952200000)
	libnspr4.so => /lib64/libnspr4.so (0x0000003952600000)
	libssh2.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libssh2.so.1 (0x0000003959200000)
	libfreebl3.so => /lib64/libfreebl3.so (0x00007f3bd645c000)
	libgfortran.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.3 (0x00007f3bd616a000)
	libf77blas.so.3 => /usr/lib64/atlas/libf77blas.so.3 (0x00007f3bd5f4a000)
	libatlas.so.3 => /usr/lib64/atlas/libatlas.so.3 (0x00007f3bd58ee000)
	libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x0000003946200000)
	libkrb5support.so.0 => /lib64/libkrb5support.so.0 (0x000000394fa00000)
	libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1 (0x00007f3bd56ea000)
	libresolv.so.2 => /lib64/libresolv.so.2 (0x0000003945600000)
	liblber-2.4.so.2 => /lib64/liblber-2.4.so.2 (0x0000003956e00000)
	libsasl2.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libsasl2.so.2 (0x0000003955600000)
	libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x0000003946a00000)
	libselinux.so.1 => /lib64/libselinux.so.1 (0x0000003944e00000)

Copy the missing libraries to the lib64 folder.
cp /usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libhdf5.so.6 /usr/lib64
cp /usr/lib64/openmpi/lib/libhdf5_hl.so.6 /usr/lib64

Refresh the library cache by using ldconfig.