A GDAL API version must be specified.

[sapkotashishir]

While trying to install Pysal via OSGEO shell following error occurs.

C:\Windows\System32>python -m pip install pysal==2.1.0

Collecting pysal==2.1.0
Using cached pysal-2.1.0.tar.gz (25.0 MB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Requirement already satisfied: scipy in c:\progra2\qgis31.16\apps\python37\lib\site-packages (from pysal==2.1.0) (1.5.2)
Requirement already satisfied: pandas in c:\progra2\qgis31.16\apps\python37\lib\site-packages (from pysal==2.1.0) (1.0.1)
Collecting seaborn
Using cached seaborn-0.12.0-py3-none-any.whl (285 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: matplotlib in c:\progra2\qgis31.16\apps\python37\lib\site-packages (from pysal==2.1.0) (3.1.3)
Collecting descartes
Using cached descartes-1.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (5.8 kB)
Collecting palettable
Using cached palettable-3.3.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (111 kB)
Collecting scikit-learn
Using cached scikit_learn-1.0.2-cp37-cp37m-win32.whl (6.4 MB)
Collecting geopandas
Using cached geopandas-0.10.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.0 MB)
Collecting deprecated
Using cached Deprecated-1.2.13-py2.py3-none-any.whl (9.6 kB)
Collecting rtree
Using cached Rtree-1.0.0.tar.gz (48 kB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting tqdm
Using cached tqdm-4.64.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (78 kB)
Collecting wrapt<2,>=1.10
Using cached wrapt-1.14.1-cp37-cp37m-win32.whl (33 kB)
Collecting fiona>=1.8
Using cached Fiona-1.8.21.tar.gz (1.0 MB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [1 lines of output]
A GDAL API version must be specified. Provide a path to gdal-config using a GDAL_CONFIG environment variable or use a GDAL_VERSION environment variable.
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

I would be grateful if anyone could help me on this.