Gdal Installation error using pip

Question

Im trying to install GDAL latest version using pip, but im getting the following error, Failed building wheel for GDAL. My python version is 2.7.9, Please help me. It is installing gdal 1.11.3 version if i specify the version but i need latest version or >=2.0

Answer 1

Finally its worked with the command pip install C:\\Users\\admin\\Downloads\\GDAL-2.1.3-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl.

I downloaded GDAL-2.1.3-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl. from here http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#gdal