[R-sig-Geo] Error loading rgdal package on Fedora 7

[Roger Bivand]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Carsten Jaeger wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm using R version 2.5.1 on Fedora 7. I just installed the rgdal
> package from source, compilation was without problems. However, when I
> try to load the package I get the following error message:
>
>> library(rgdal)
> Loading required package: rgdal
> Loading required package: sp
> Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) :
> 	unable to load shared library '/home/xxxx/R/rgdal/libs/rgdal.so':
>  /usr/lib/atlas/liblapack.so.3: undefined symbol: ATL_chemv
> [1] FALSE
>
> Obviously, liblapack.so.3 is incompatible with rgdal.so. ATLAS version
> is 3.6.0 which is the most current version available for F7 as rpm
> (atlas-3.6.0-11.fc6).

Where did your gdal come from? The rgdal package does not depend on 
lapack, nor as far as I know does gdal itself (it links against the gdal 
and proj4 shared objects). Can you use any of the gdal utilities, such as 
gdalinfo or ogrinfo from the command line?

I have a Fedora 7 box, installed gdal and rgdal from source, do not use 
ATLAS and have no lapack or blas RPMs after earlier version problems (R 
uses the one it is shipped with - but not for rgdal, I believe).

Roger

>
> Any ideas? Does upgrading to ATLAS 3.8 help?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Carsten
>
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