[Rd] rgeos on Linux requires GEOS 3.2.3, not 3.3.1

Dan Bebber dbebber at earthwatch.org.uk
Tue Dec 20 12:49:13 CET 2011


Some notes on installing rgeos in R 2.14.0 on a Linux Mint 11 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) machine
1. rgeos 0.1-15 will not run with GEOS 3.2.0-1, which is the version currently available on Synaptic package manager
2. I installed GEOS 3.3.1 (the latest version) from http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/, but rgeos will not run with this either
3. I then install GEOS 3.2.3, and now rgeos works fine!

It seems therefore that there is a mismatch between the GEOS version that is available on Synaptic, and the rgeos version on Cran (just in case anyone else comes across this issue).

Best wishes,
Dan Bebber



More information about the R-devel mailing list