[R-sig-Geo] rgdal install fails (following GDAL building from source)

[Roger Bivand]

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Pierre Roudier wrote:

> Hi again,
>
>> Is PROJ.4 installed correctly? There is no reason for it to depend on GDAL
>> - my RHEL5 says:
>>
>> $ ldd `which proj`
>>          libproj.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libproj.so.0 (0x00002adcf57b0000)
>>          libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x000000308bc00000)
>>          libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x000000308b800000)
>>          /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x000000308b400000)
>>
>> and
>>
>> $ proj
>> Rel. 4.7.1, 23 September 2009
>> usage: proj [ -beEfiIlormsStTvVwW [args] ] [ +opts[=arg] ] [ files ]
>>
>
> It seems to be correctly installed:
>
> xx$ ldd `which proj`
>        linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fff6ef08000)
>        libproj.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libproj.so.0 (0x0000003e29000000)
>        libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x0000003e26800000)
>        libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x0000003e26400000)
>        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000003e26000000)
>
> xx$ proj
> Rel. 4.7.1, 23 September 2009
> usage: proj [ -beEfiIlormsStTvVwW [args] ] [ +opts[=arg] ] [ files ]
>
>> with no dependency on GDAL. Do you maybe have a stale GRASS GDAL plugin
>> hanging around?
>
> That is most likely indeed, as I tried (and failed) to build the GRASS
> GDAL plugin from source!
>
> What is the exact library that may mess this all up?

I think that there is a GDAL plugins directory somewhere in /usr/local - 
if it is there, it contains a reference to your previous GDAL install, 
probably called gdalplugins. Try removing it, or changing its name.

Roger

>
> Thanks again,
>
> Pierre
>
>
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help,
>>>
>>> Pierre
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>
>>>> Roger
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any hints.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is my config:
>>>>>
>>>>> uname -a
>>>>> Linux 2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 6 22:32:17 UTC 2010
>>>>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>>
>>>>> Distro : Fedora 13 x86_64 (running KDE)
>>>>>
>>>>> gdalinfo --version
>>>>> GDAL 1.7.2, released 2010/04/23
>>>>>
>>>>> The infamous libgdal.so file is located in /usr/local/lib/
>>>>>
>>>>> sessionInfo()
>>>>> R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31)
>>>>> x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
>>>>>
>>>>> locale:
>>>>> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
>>>>> [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
>>>>> [5] LC_MONETARY=C              LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
>>>>> [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C
>>>>> [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
>>>>> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>>>>>
>>>>> attached base packages:
>>>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>>>
>>>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>>>> [1] tcltk_2.11.1 tools_2.11.1
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Pierre
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Roger Bivand
>>>> Economic Geography Section, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of
>>>> Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen,
>>>> Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 95 43
>>>> e-mail: Roger.Bivand at nhh.no
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Roger Bivand
>> Economic Geography Section, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of
>> Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen,
>> Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 95 43
>> e-mail: Roger.Bivand at nhh.no
>>
>>
>

-- 
Roger Bivand
Economic Geography Section, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of
Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen,
Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 95 43
e-mail: Roger.Bivand at nhh.no