[R-sig-Geo] CRAN releases of sp, rgdal and rgeos

[Roger Bivand]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2018, Ben Tupper wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I used CRAN binary ala ...
>
>> install.packages("rgdal")
>
> I used that same for sp and rgeos.

Good, thanks. They probably do not have the very latest versions of the 
external dependencies, but do work and provide a reasonable selection of 
GDAL drivers.

Roger

>
> Ben
>
>
>> On Jun 11, 2018, at 3:45 PM, Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand using nhh.no> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2018, Ben Tupper wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have been able to install all three without issue.  I have encountered no issues with usage.
>>
>> Ben,
>>
>> Thanks for this report. How did you install rgdal - CRAN binary (now at 1.3.2 for R 3.5.0) or source install using GDAL and PROJ installed in what way? It's useful to record ways in which installation on OSX has been accomplished.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> sessionInfo()
>>> R version 3.5.0 (2018-04-23)
>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
>>> Running under: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
>>>
>>> Matrix products: default
>>> BLAS: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib
>>> LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
>>>
>>> locale:
>>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>>
>>> attached base packages:
>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>
>>> other attached packages:
>>> [1] rgeos_0.3-28 rgdal_1.3-2  sp_1.3-1
>>>
>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>> [1] compiler_3.5.0  tools_3.5.0     grid_3.5.0      lattice_0.20-35
>>>
>>> Thanks for all you do!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jun 11, 2018, at 3:53 AM, Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand using nhh.no> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2018, Gilles Benjamin Leduc wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Good monday!
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried to update rgdal, I get a warning telling me the installation had a non-null exit status. I haven't cheak if it was working…
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for responding - every user data point helps!
>>>>
>>>> Could you please provide the output of sessionInfo(), and any error messages you see on trying to update?
>>>>
>>>> Roger
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Benjamin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Le Vendredi 8 Juin 2018 18:15 GMT, Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand using nhh.no> a écrit:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There are new releases of sp, rgdal and rgeos on CRAN. Please install sp
>>>>>> first, then the other two, which link to the installed sp. They all
>>>>>
>>>>>> address so-called rchk issues, which have not so far been a problem, but
>>>>>> might have become more fragile as R's internal memory management is made
>>>>>> even more efficient. This involves compiled code using memory allocated by
>>>>>> R to be freed by R's garbage collector, which has to know if an object is
>>>>>> still being used. Tomas Kalibera, the author of rchk, helped resolve and
>>>>>> explain the issues encountered - what was good coding practice fifteen
>>>>>> years ago isn't always still good practice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In addition, the earliest versions of GDAL and PROJ with which rgdal will
>>>>>> work have been updated, and set to PROJ 4.8.0 and GDAL 1.11.4. The current
>>>>>> released versions of PROJ and GDAL are to be prefered, as bugs have been
>>>>>> fixed and new features and drivers introduced. A check has been put
>>>>>
>>>>>> in place to trap attempts to install rgdal without a C++11-capable
>>>>>> compiler when the GDAL version is >=2.3.0 - which requires C++11. rgeos is
>>>>>> ready for the forthcoming version of GEOS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The CRAN team has also been very supportive of our efforts to bring
>>>>>
>>>>>> compiled code in these packages into rchk compliance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please get in touch if you see any loose ends in these releases.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Roger
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
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>>> Ben Tupper
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>> --
>> Roger Bivand
>> Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics,
>> Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway.
>> voice: +47 55 95 93 55; e-mail: Roger.Bivand using nhh.no
>> http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2392-6140
>> https://scholar.google.no/citations?user=AWeghB0AAAAJ&hl=en
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> Ben Tupper
> Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
> 60 Bigelow Drive, P.O. Box 380
> East Boothbay, Maine 04544
> http://www.bigelow.org
>
> Ecological Forecasting: https://eco.bigelow.org/
>
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Roger Bivand
Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics,
Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway.
voice: +47 55 95 93 55; e-mail: Roger.Bivand using nhh.no
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2392-6140
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