[R-sig-Geo] Problem installing rgeos

[Waichler, Scott R]

Problems solved.

First, on my system I reinstalled and ran ldconfig for the following software:  geos-2.4.2, proj-4.9.1 and gdal-2.0.0.  Within R I reinstalled Rcpp from source.  
Along the way I had to address other problems.  I deleted an empty directory called gdalplugins, and created a file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/gdal.conf with the line "/usr/local/lib" in it.  I could finally install rgdal with 

> install.packages("rgdal", dependencies = F, repos = "http://cran.fhcrc.org/", configure.args=c(rgdal='--with-gdal-lib=/usr/local/lib'))

and after that, I was also able to install rgeos.  I'm not implying that rgeos depends on rgdal, but the command 

R CMD check rgeos_0.3-11.tar.gz

brought up dependency errors that forced me to go back and get rgdal working first.  I may be forgetting some key steps that made this all work, if so, my apologies.  I hope I don't have to do it again!

--Scott

> The problem is almost certainly that the platform build train (compilers and
> libraries) which underlie all the other programs have been updated, as Chris
> has suggested (and we still do not know the OS version or output of
> sessionInfo()). This is neither a GEOS nor an rgeos problem. Most likely the
> C and C++ libraries have changed, leading to a need to re-install an unknown
> number of downstream components.
> 
> I suggest checking that you can install Rcpp from source (to test the build
> train). If there are problems, you should correct these first, by bringing your
> build train into reasonable order.
> 
> If you can, re-install GEOS from source (to freshen up its dependencies on
> the C and C++ libraries) and only when GEOS passes make check itself
> (ourside R), proceed to install rgeos. If you download the R source tarball of
> rgeos, and run R CMD check on it, you will get a full test of its
> state. Following R CMD INSTALL, this should then work.
> 
> Roger
> 
> >
> > HTH
> > Chris
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Waichler, Scott R
> > <Scott.Waichler at pnnl.gov>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the suggestions, but I think what I need is help tracking
> >> down what the exact error is in the compilation.  Let me try again
> >> with the part of the output describing the error:
> >>
> >>> install.packages("rgeos", dependencies = F, repos = "
> >> http://cran.fhcrc.org/")
> >> . . .
> >> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking
> >> for suffix of executables...
> >> checking whether we are cross compiling... configure: error: in
> >> `/tmp/RtmpUjYUle/R.INSTALL41c15690b9e1/rgeos':
> >> configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
> >> If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
> >> See `config.log' for more details
> >> ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgeos'
> >> * removing '/files3/R/R-3.2.1_install/lib64/R/library/rgeos'
> >>
> >> It says I should refer to config.log for more details.  The only
> >> config.log file I can find in the directory tree is the one for geos,
> >> which I installed a couple of years ago, and did not give me problems
> >> with previous installations of rgeos under earlier releases of R.  In
> >> case there is a clue, here is the output in that config.log around
> >> the cross compile
> >> message:
> >>
> >> configure:3682: result:
> >> configure:3704: checking whether we are cross compiling
> >> configure:3712: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  >&5
> >> configure:3716: $? = 0
> >> configure:3723: ./conftest
> >>
> >> Is there a config.log for the attempted rgeos installation?  Where
> >> would I find it?
> >>
> >>> You're build is failing pretty early in the configuration process
> >>> which suggests you are missing some tools in your development
> >>> environment.  The latest geos was found. Was that a binary or built
> >>> from source?  If from source you have the necessary tools in your
> >>> dev environment and it may merely be a function of dropping the
> >>> depends in you install.packages call....
> >>
> >> Rgeos was built from source.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Scott Waichler
> >> PNNL
> >>
> >
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