[R-sig-Geo] rgdal installation on Fedora 28

[Ista Zahn]

https://askubuntu.com/questions/360329/error-cannot-run-c-compiled-programs-if-you-meant-to-cross-compile-use-host
might help.

--Ista

On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 3:27 PM, Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee using gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I updated all of my linux computers to Fedora 28, and now can’t install rgdal.
>
> I can install sf with no problems, so it doesn't appear to be an issue
> with GDAL or with proj.
>
> I checked with Roger Bivand, the package maintainer, who asked me to
> confirm whether I could install sf, to make sure it wasn’t a
> dependency issue, and to post the logs online, then ask on the
> R-sig-geo mailing list. I’m putting the full problem here, and the
> abbreviated version on the mailing list.
>
> I’d appreciate any thoughts: I rely very heavily on the incredibly
> useful rgdal package.
>
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 3.5.0 (2018-04-23)
> Platform: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> Running under: Fedora 28 (Workstation Edition)
>
> Matrix products: default
> BLAS/LAPACK: /usr/lib64/R/lib/libRblas.so
>
> 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=en_US.UTF-8    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] compiler_3.5.0 tools_3.5.0</code>
>
>
> The install message is:
>
> installing *source* package ‘rgdal’ ...
> ** package ‘rgdal’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> configure: CC: gcc -m64
> configure: CXX: g++ -m64
> configure: rgdal: 1.3-2
> checking for /usr/bin/svnversion... no
> configure: svn revision: 755
> checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
> 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/RtmpfMGBY5/R.INSTALL66c3b8deddb/rgdal':
> 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 ‘rgdal’
> * removing ‘/usr/lib64/R/library/rgdal’
> * restoring previous ‘/usr/lib64/R/library/rgdal’
>
>
> The complete information and config.log are posted online at:
>
> http://numberwright.com/2018/06/stuck-on-rgdal/
>
>
> Any ideas? Or any other information that would be useful?
>
> Thanks!
> Sarah
>
> --
> Sarah Goslee
> http://www.functionaldiversity.org
>
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