[R-sig-Geo] rgdal package installation error

[Siva Sundaresan]

Dear Thiago,

Thanks! That did the trick.

I poked around the /usr/local/lib directory and I suspect the problem 
had something to do with libgdal.so.1, which I believe is a link to the 
gdal libraries(?). Once that link was created correctly (because of the 
installation of the GDAL libraries) it works ok.

Thanks for your help.

best,
Siva

Thiago Veloso wrote:
>   Dear Siva,
>   Installing GDAL libraries should do the trick. Search in Synaptic or download from this URL: http://packages.ubuntu.com/ro/hardy/libgdal1-1.4.0
>   Best regards,
>   Thiago.
> 
> --- On Thu, 8/7/10, Siva Sundaresan <nepsiva at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Siva Sundaresan <nepsiva at gmail.com>
> Subject: [R-sig-Geo] rgdal package installation error
> To: r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Date: Thursday, 8 July, 2010, 9:32
> 
> I am trying to install the rgdal package under Ubuntu 8.10 with have gdal 1.7.2 installed. I get the following error:
> 
> On typing:
> 
>> install.packages("rgdal")
> Warning in install.packages("rgdal") :
>   argument 'lib' is missing: using '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library'
> 
> <snip stuff that seems irrelevant>
> 
> checking for pj_init_plus in -lproj... yes
> ./proj_conf_test: error while loading shared libraries: libgdal.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> ./proj_conf_test: error while loading shared libraries: libgdal.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> Package CPP flags: -I/usr/local/include
> Package LIBS: -L/usr/local/lib -lgdal
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating src/Makevars
> ** libs
> 
> <snip other g++ stuff>
> 
> installing to /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rgdal/libs
> ** R
> ** inst
> ** preparing package for lazy loading
> ** help
> *** installing help indices
> ** building package indices ...
> ** testing if installed package can be loaded
> Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
>   unable to load shared library '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rgdal/libs/rgdal.so':
>   libgdal.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> ERROR: loading failed
> * removing ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rgdal’
> 
> The downloaded packages are in
>     ‘/tmp/RtmpQVVEl1/downloaded_packages’
> Warning message:
> In install.packages("rgdal") :
>   installation of package 'rgdal' had non-zero exit status
> 
> 
> I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling gdal (using sudo apt-get install). I have also tried downloading the rgdal tar.gz file and installing using R CMD INSTALL at the shell prompt. I still get the same error message as above.
> 
> If anyone can help me, I would be very grateful.
> 
> Thank you,
> Siva
> 
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