[R] Help reinstalling rgdal (Ubuntu 16.04)

[Jim Lemon]

Hi Alex,
I don't use Ubuntu, but if I saw that error message I would upgrade my
C++ compiler and try again. With luck, this is what caused the cascade
of errors beneath it.

Jim

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 1:36 AM, Alexandra Thorn
<mail using alexandrathorn.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Following some updates to R that I received via Synaptic Package
> Manager on Ubuntu 16.04 (looks like I now have R 3.4.4-1xenial0), I
> have been unable to reinstall rgdal, and I need help.
>
> Initially I was getting error messages about dependencies on GDAL
> 1.11.4, but after following instructions to install GDAL from source
> (into my /usr/local directory) I'm now getting a different set of error
> messages (see the output error messages posted below my signature).
>
> I can't tell if this means that I've made a mistake installing GDAL or
> if there's some other problem with my setup/configuration.  I really
> need rgdal for the analyses I do in R and could use some help figuring
> this out.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
>> install.packages("rgdal")
> Installing package into ‘/home/athorn/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.4’
> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
> trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/rgdal_1.3-4.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1664774 bytes (1.6 MB)
> ==================================================
> downloaded 1.6 MB
>
> * installing *source* package ‘rgdal’ ...
> ** package ‘rgdal’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> configure: R_HOME: /usr/lib/R
> configure: CC: gcc -std=gnu99
> configure: CXX: g++
> configure: C++11 support available
> configure: rgdal: 1.3-4
> checking for /usr/bin/svnversion... no
> configure: svn revision: 766
> checking for gdal-config... /usr/local/bin/gdal-config
> checking gdal-config usability... yes
> configure: GDAL: 2.3.1
> checking C++11 support for GDAL >= 2.3.0... yes
> checking GDAL version >= 1.11.4... yes
> checking gdal: linking with --libs only... no
> checking gdal: linking with --libs and --dep-libs... no
> In file included from /usr/local/include/gdal.h:45:0,
>                  from gdal_test.cc:1:
> /usr/local/include/cpl_port.h:187:6: error: #error Must have C++11 or
>   newer. #    error Must have C++11 or newer.
>       ^
> In file included from /usr/local/include/gdal.h:49:0,
>                  from gdal_test.cc:1:
> /usr/local/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected template-name
>   before '<' token class CPLXMLTreeCloser: public
>   std::unique_ptr<CPLXMLNode, CPLXMLTreeCloserDeleter> ^
> /usr/local/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected '{' before '<'
>   token /usr/local/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected
>   unqualified-id before '<' token In file included
>   from /usr/local/include/ogr_api.h:45:0,
>   from /usr/local/include/gdal.h:50, from gdal_test.cc:1:
> /usr/local/include/ogr_core.h:79:28: error: expected '}' before end of
>   line /usr/local/include/ogr_core.h:79:28: error: expected declaration
>   before end of line In file included
>   from /usr/local/include/gdal.h:45:0, from gdal_test.cc:1:
> /usr/local/include/cpl_port.h:187:6: error: #error Must have C++11 or
>   newer. #    error Must have C++11 or newer.
>       ^
> In file included from /usr/local/include/gdal.h:49:0,
>                  from gdal_test.cc:1:
> /usr/local/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected template-name
>   before '<' token class CPLXMLTreeCloser: public
>   std::unique_ptr<CPLXMLNode, CPLXMLTreeCloserDeleter> ^
> /usr/local/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected '{' before '<'
>   token /usr/local/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected
>   unqualified-id before '<' token In file included
>   from /usr/local/include/ogr_api.h:45:0,
>   from /usr/local/include/gdal.h:50, from gdal_test.cc:1:
> /usr/local/include/ogr_core.h:79:28: error: expected '}' before end of
>   line /usr/local/include/ogr_core.h:79:28: error: expected declaration
>   before end of line configure: Install failure: compilation and/or
>   linkage problems. configure: error: GDALAllRegister not found in
>   libgdal. ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rgdal’
> * removing ‘/home/athorn/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.4/rgdal’
>
> The downloaded source packages are in
>         ‘/tmp/RtmpeuSDnj/downloaded_packages’
> Warning message:
> In install.packages("rgdal") :
>   installation of package ‘rgdal’ had non-zero exit status
>>
>
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