Install multiple gdal versions to /usr/local/gdal/

gdal_install.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -ex

GDALBUILD="$(realpath `dirname $BASH_SOURCE`)/build"
GDALINST="/usr/local/gdal"
CPUS=4

GDALOPTS="  --with-webp=yes \
            --with-geos=/usr/local/bin/geos-config \
            --with-static-proj4=/usr/local \
            --with-curl"

# Create dirs if not existing
if [ ! -d "$GDALBUILD" ]; then
  mkdir $GDALBUILD;
fi
if [ ! -d "$GDALINST" ]; then
  mkdir $GDALINST;
fi

# download gdal versions
cd $GDALBUILD

if [ ! -d gdal-1.9.2 ]; then
    wget http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/gdal-1.9.2.tar.gz
    tar -xzf gdal-1.9.2.tar.gz
fi

if [ ! -d gdal-1.10.1 ]; then
    wget http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/1.10.1/gdal-1.10.1.tar.gz
    tar -xzf gdal-1.10.1.tar.gz
fi

if [ ! -d gdal-1.11.5 ]; then
    wget http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/1.11.5/gdal-1.11.5.tar.gz
    tar -xzf gdal-1.11.5.tar.gz
fi

if [ ! -d gdal-2.0.3 ]; then
    wget http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/2.0.3/gdal-2.0.3.tar.gz
    tar -xzf gdal-2.0.3.tar.gz
fi

if [ ! -d gdal-2.1.1 ]; then
    wget http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/2.1.1/gdal-2.1.1.tar.gz
    tar -xzf gdal-2.1.1.tar.gz
fi


# Install

if [ ! -d $GDALINST/gdal-1.9.2 ]; then
  cd $GDALBUILD/gdal-1.9.2
  ./configure --prefix=$GDALINST/gdal-1.9.2 $GDALOPTS
  make -s -j $CPUS
  make install
fi

if [ ! -d $GDALINST/gdal-1.10.1 ]; then
  cd $GDALBUILD/gdal-1.10.1
  ./configure --prefix=$GDALINST/gdal-1.10.1 $GDALOPTS
  make -s -j $CPUS
  make install
fi

if [ ! -d $GDALINST/gdal-1.11.5 ]; then
  cd $GDALBUILD/gdal-1.11.5
  ./configure --prefix=$GDALINST/gdal-1.11.5 $GDALOPTS
  make -s -j $CPUS
  make install
fi

if [ ! -d $GDALINST/gdal-2.0.3 ]; then
  cd $GDALBUILD/gdal-2.0.3
  ./configure --prefix=$GDALINST/gdal-2.0.3 $GDALOPTS
  make -s -j $CPUS
  make install
fi


if [ ! -d $GDALINST/gdal-2.1.1 ]; then
  cd $GDALBUILD/gdal-2.1.1
  ./configure --prefix=$GDALINST/gdal-2.1.1 $GDALOPTS
  make -s -j $CPUS
  make install
fi

To switch active GDAL version to ex: 2.1.1

export PATH=/usr/local/gdal/gdal-2.1.1:$PATH