[R-sig-Geo] Problem reading files through rgdal

[Rainer M Krug]

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I just saw that email as well - I'll follow the same path.

Thanks for posting this here,

Cheers,

Rainer

On 13/12/11 14:27, Agustin Lobo wrote:
> Well, after googling quite a bit, could not really find the exact 
> syntax for the configure.args in this case, probably because of my
> inexperience on these issues.
> 
> But, in parallel, another solution has been suggested by Julien
> Malik (see http://orfeo-toolbox.org/otb/) as he had had this
> problem few weeks ago and actually made a correctly build libgdal
> for otb.
> 
> The solution is: 1. Make sure you have the otb repo in your list: 
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/otb/orfeotoolbox-stable-ubuntugis/ubuntu 
> (in my case, lucid) 2. Run sudo aptitude install
> libgdal1-1.8.0=1.8.0-2~lucid2+otb2 
> libgdal1-dev=1.8.0-2~lucid2+otb2 3. remove and install rgdal from
> cran
> 
> Now I have libgdal1-1.8.0 flagged as upgradeable in Synaptic, but
> will not do it until the package is fixed there.
> 
> Thanks a lot Julien!
> 
> 2011/12/13 Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug at gmail.com>: On 13/12/11 13:27,
> Agustin Lobo wrote:
>>>> 2011/12/13 Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug at gmail.com>:
>>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- If you install gdal in
>>>>> your home directory, you *can* leave the systemwide from
>>>>> repo installed, as several problems rely on it, but you
>>>>> have to set PATH and point rgdal to the installation of
>>>>> gdal in the home directory.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Or actually just using libgdal 1.7, but how can I indicate
>>>> rgdal to use a given libgdal? where can I modify the PATH for
>>>> this?
> 
> You have to use configure.args (when using install.packages) or 
> ?configure-args when using R CMD INSTALL
> 
> Just google - you should find the correct arguments there.
> 
> Rainer
> 
> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
> 
> 

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