[R] Problem in installing rgdal package in linux

[Jeff Newmiller]

Read [1], in particular about System Requirements. Some packages have underlying configuration that needs to be handled through your operating system before the package can be installed.

[1] https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rgdal/index.html

On September 17, 2018 11:59:05 PM PDT, lily li <chocold12 using gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I am installing rgdal package in linux for R, and got the error below.
>I
>typed: $ install.packages("rgdal", repos=
>"http://cran.us.r-project.org")
>
>What is the problem and how to correct it? Thanks for your kind help.
>
>============================== print the error message here
>
>downloaded 1.6 MB
>
>
>* installing *source* package ‘rgdal’ ...
>
>** package ‘rgdal’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>
>configure: R_HOME: /usr/lib64/R
>
>configure: CC: gcc -m64 -std=gnu99
>
>configure: CXX: g++ -m64
>
>configure: C++11 support available
>
>configure: rgdal: 1.3-4
>
>checking for /usr/bin/svnversion... yes
>
>configure: svn revision: 766
>
>checking for gdal-config... no
>
>no
>
>configure: error: gdal-config not found or not executable.
>
>ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rgdal’
>
>* removing ‘/directory/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.5/rgdal’
>
>
>The downloaded source packages are in
>
>‘/tmp/RtmpplM8mi/downloaded_packages’
>
>Warning message:
>
>In install.packages("rgdal") :
>
>  installation of package ‘rgdal’ had non-zero exit status
>
>	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
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