On fresh Conda installation of PyProj: pyproj unable to set database path. _pyproj_global_context_initialize()

Question

I want to use PyProj . I follow the installation instructions given in the documentation

conda config --prepend channels conda-forge
conda config --set channel_priority strict
conda install pyproj

When I run

from pyproj import CRS

I am getting

C:\\Users...\\Miniconda3\\envs\\geopandas\\lib\\site-packages\\pyproj_ init _.py:89: UserWarning: pyproj unable to set database path. _pyproj_global_context_initialize()

Some information on Python and my system

Python version -> 3.9.7 | packaged by conda-forge | (default, Sep 29 2021, 19:15:42) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]

Operation System Information -> Windows-10-10.0.19042-SP0

Answer 1

The way I solved it now (make sure you are in you environment with conda activate YOUR_ENV :

conda remove --force pyproj

This removes the library from the conda environment and then

pip install pyproj

Now I do not get the error upon calling from pyproj import CRS .