[R-sig-Geo] Help with rgdal on MACOS

[Agustin Lobo]

Actually, more alternatives:

3. Suggested by Ralf Strasse:
Install Xcode tools from Apple (is recommended anyway for many
applications). This will install several compilers.Afterwards
installing from source should work fine.
http://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/xcode.html
And also select on CRAN under Mac OS X installation "Tools" and
installe gfortran (and the other two - you may need them another
time).
install.packages("rgdal",
configure.args='--with-gdal-config=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.Framework/Unix/bin/gdal-config
--with-proj-include=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/include-with-proj-lib=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/lib/',dependencies=TRUE,
type="source")

4. Downloading binary from kyngchaos
http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks?s[]=rgdal
and installing with
install.packages("~/Downloads/rgdal-0.6.29-1.zip")
(I'm guessing the directory, is this the downloading directory by
default in Macs?)

Any advice on which one is the best alternative?

Thanks

Agus

2010/12/23 Agustin Lobo <alobolistas at gmail.com>:
> Dea all,
>
> Quite a number of students will be using MAC for a course in which we
> will make use
> of rgdal and raster. As I do not have an easy access to MAC machines
> and I've found quite
> a number of different options, I'm seeking some clarifications.
>
> Students will have gdal and other dependencies installed from
> kyngchaos as they should have QGIS installed.
> Under these circumstances, which alternative is better:
>
> 1. As suggested by Roger in
> http://r-sig-geo.2731867.n2.nabble.com/rgdal-on-MAC-td5073766.html
>> setRepositories(ind=1:2)
>> install.packages('rgdal')
>
> 2. Install rgdal from source.
> 2.1. As stated at the end of
> http://spatialanalysis.co.uk/2010/11/02/installing-rgdal-on-mac-os-x/
>> R CMD INSTALL
>  –configure-args=”–with-gdal-config=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/unix/bin/gdal-config
>  –with-proj-lib=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/lib
>  –with-proj-include=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/include”
> rgdal_0.6-20.tar.gz
> 2.2. Using homebrew:
> brew install gdal
> R CMD INSTALL –configure-args=’–with-proj-include=/usr/local/lib’
> rgdal_0.6-28.tar.gz
> (in this case, is the brew command using the kyngchaos gdal?)
>
> 3. Other alternatives
>
> Thanks
>
> Agus
>