[R] Resolving installed package updates warning

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, MacQueen, Don wrote:

> I would start by trying to install rgdal by itself, rather than as part of
> a "batch" update. As in
>
>  Install.packages('rgdal')

Don,

   rgdal was supposed to be installed, but you have a valid point.

> My expectation is that you will see a more complete error message specific
> to rgdal, which presumably will provide a clue or pointer.

   Boy howdy! This is interesting:

* installing *source* package ‘rgdal’ ...
** package ‘rgdal’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
configure: R_HOME: /usr/lib/R
configure: CC: gcc
configure: CXX: g++
configure: C++11 support available
configure: rgdal: 1.3-4
checking for /usr/bin/svnversion... yes
configure: svn revision: 766
checking for gdal-config... /usr/bin/gdal-config
checking gdal-config usability... yes
configure: GDAL: 2.3.0
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/include/gdal.h:45:0,
                  from gdal_test.cc:1:
/usr/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/include/gdal.h:49:0,
                  from gdal_test.cc:1:
/usr/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected template-name before '<' token
  class CPLXMLTreeCloser: public std::unique_ptr<CPLXMLNode, CPLXMLTreeCloserDeleter>
                                                ^
/usr/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected '{' before '<' token
/usr/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected unqualified-id before '<' token
In file included from /usr/include/ogr_api.h:45:0,
                  from /usr/include/gdal.h:50,
                  from gdal_test.cc:1:
/usr/include/ogr_core.h:79:28: error: expected '}' before end of line
/usr/include/ogr_core.h:79:28: error: expected declaration before end of line
In file included from /usr/include/gdal.h:45:0,
                  from gdal_test.cc:1:
/usr/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/include/gdal.h:49:0,
                  from gdal_test.cc:1:
/usr/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected template-name before '<' token
  class CPLXMLTreeCloser: public std::unique_ptr<CPLXMLNode, CPLXMLTreeCloserDeleter>
                                                ^
/usr/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected '{' before '<' token
/usr/include/cpl_minixml.h:202:47: error: expected unqualified-id before '<' token
In file included from /usr/include/ogr_api.h:45:0,
                  from /usr/include/gdal.h:50,
                  from gdal_test.cc:1:
/usr/include/ogr_core.h:79:28: error: expected '}' before end of line
/usr/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 ‘/usr/lib/R/library/rgdal’
* restoring previous ‘/usr/lib/R/library/rgdal’

The downloaded source packages are in
 	‘/tmp/RtmpVGIz3Q/downloaded_packages’
Updating HTML index of packages in '.Library'
Making 'packages.html' ... done
Warning message:
In install.packages("rgdal") :
   installation of package ‘rgdal’ had non-zero exit status

   Installed here are:
gcc-5.5.0-i586-1_slack14.2
gcc-g++-5.5.0-i586-1_slack14.2
gcc-gfortran-5.5.0-i586-1_slack14.2
gcc-gnat-5.5.0-i586-1_slack14.2
gcc-go-5.5.0-i586-1_slack14.2
gcc-java-5.5.0-i586-1_slack14.2
gcc-objc-5.5.0-i586-1_slack14.2
gccmakedep-1.0.3-noarch-1

and

gdal-2.3.0-i586-1_SBo

   What's C++11?

Rich