[R-sig-Geo] rgeos on Debian

[Tom Roche]

Hodgess, Erin Thu Oct 18 01:27:31 CEST 2012
> I'm not sure if I should be asking here or at the Debian sig,

That will probably be more helpful for a system-config question.

> I'm trying to load sp onto a little debian system[, but] the version
> of geos for debian is too old.

Just as background: 'debian' is not one thing, it has versions.
Are you running squeeze? Try installing the GEOS packages from
wheezy/testing: see version availability @

http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=geos&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

HTH, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>