[R-sig-Geo] rgdal 1.5-8 released on CRAN

Roger Bivand Roger@B|v@nd @end|ng |rom nhh@no
Sat May 30 13:56:18 CEST 2020


On Fri, 29 May 2020, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal wrote:

> I just tried using the Anaconda setup Mine dies on not being able to 
> find “projects.h”.
>
>> inverser.c:5:10: fatal error: 'projects.h' file not found
>> #include <projects.h>
>>          ^~~~~~~~~~~~

This might happen for particular mixes of versions of PROJ and GDAL, and 
depending on whether pkg-config proj --exists or not. Try draft 1.5-9 as 
mentioned in other threads. You need to state PROJ and GDAL versions and 
how they are detected.

Roger

>
>
> Doing internet searches,  for PROJ6 and beyond,  this was made private,  and is not suppose to be for public linking, see:
>
> https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/835 <https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/835>
> https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/boards/1/topics/1184 <https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/boards/1/topics/1184>
>
> The discussion in the second one suggests that it should be linking to the public header proj_api.h rather than the private header projects.h.  proj_api.h does exist in the installation I have.  Unless there is an easy fix I can do,  more than I want to mess with.
>
> -Roy
>
>
>
>> On May 29, 2020, at 2:25 PM, Thiago V. dos Santos via R-sig-Geo <r-sig-geo using r-project.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Roger,
>>
>> Many thanks for the effort keeping rgdal up-to-date with proj6.
>>
>> I'd like to report that I am unable to install rgdal 1.5.8 on my macOS system. I am reporting this error here on the list because I thought it would be the best channel in terms of reaching future users experiencing the same error. Please apologize if my rationale is not right, and ignore this message.
>>
>> GDAL was installed via MacPorts and is at its latest version, 3.1.0 (at the time of this writing). Proj6 has also been installed via Macports.
>>
>> This is how I am trying to install it:
>>
>> export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/proj6/lib/pkgconfig
>> R
>> install.packages('rgdal', type="source", configure.args=c(
>>      '--with-proj-include=/opt/local/lib/proj6/include',
>>      '--with-proj-lib=/opt/local/lib/proj6/lib'))
>>
>> and this is the output I get:
>>
>> R version 4.0.0 (2020-04-24) -- "Arbor Day"
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>>
>>> install.packages('rgdal', type="source", configure.args=c(
>> +      '--with-proj-include=/opt/local/lib/proj6/include',
>> +      '--with-proj-lib=/opt/local/lib/proj6/lib'))
>> Installing package into ‘/Users/thiago/Documents/R-packages’
>> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>>
>>
>>     trying URL 'https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/rgdal_1.5-8.tar.gz'
>> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2299235 bytes (2.2 MB)
>> ==================================================
>> downloaded 2.2 MB
>>
>>
>> * installing *source* package ‘rgdal’ ...
>> ** package ‘rgdal’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>> ** using staged installation
>> configure: R_HOME: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources
>> configure: CC: /opt/local/bin/gcc
>> configure: CXX: /opt/local/bin/g++
>> configure: C++11 support available
>> configure: rgdal: 1.5-8
>> checking for /usr/bin/svnversion... yes
>> configure: svn revision: 990
>> checking for gdal-config... /opt/local/bin/gdal-config
>> checking gdal-config usability... yes
>> configure: GDAL: 3.1.0
>> checking GDAL version >= 1.11.4... yes
>> checking GDAL version <= 2.5 or >= 3.0... yes
>> checking gdal: linking with --libs only... yes
>> checking GDAL: gdal-config data directory readable... yes
>> checking GDAL: /opt/local/share/gdal/stateplane.csv readable... yes
>> configure: pkg-config proj exists, will use it
>> configure: PROJ version: 6.3.2
>> configure: proj CPP flags: -DPROJ_H_API -I/opt/local/lib/proj6/include
>> configure: PROJ LIBS: -L/opt/local/lib/proj6/lib
>> checking PROJ header API:... proj.h
>> checking for gcc... /opt/local/bin/gcc
>> 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... no
>> checking for suffix of object files... o
>> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
>> checking whether /opt/local/bin/gcc accepts -g... yes
>> checking for /opt/local/bin/gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
>> checking how to run the C preprocessor... /opt/local/bin/gcc -E
>> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
>> checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
>> checking for ANSI C header files... rm: conftest.dSYM: is a directory
>> rm: conftest.dSYM: is a directory
>> yes
>> checking for sys/types.h... yes
>> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
>> checking for stdlib.h... yes
>> checking for string.h... yes
>> checking for memory.h... yes
>> checking for strings.h... yes
>> checking for inttypes.h... yes
>> checking for stdint.h... yes
>> checking for unistd.h... yes
>> checking proj.h usability... yes
>> checking proj.h presence... yes
>> checking for proj.h... yes
>> checking for proj_context_create in -lproj... no
>> configure: error: proj_context_create not found in libproj.
>> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rgdal’
>> * removing ‘/Users/thiago/Documents/R-packages/rgdal’
>> * restoring previous ‘/Users/thiago/Documents/R-packages/rgdal’
>>
>>
>> The downloaded source packages are in
>>     ‘/private/var/folders/_z/01gg71zs19g816v6m2dddt8w0000gn/T/RtmpvZAChj/downloaded_packages’
>> Warning message:
>> In install.packages("rgdal", type = "source", configure.args = c("--with-proj-include=/opt/local/lib/proj6/include",  :
>>   installation of package ‘rgdal’ had non-zero exit status
>>
>> I found this error to be quite mysterious, and could not find any previous discussion about it.
>>
>> Are you familiar with it? Is there any other argument that I can pass to install.packages to solve it?
>>
>> Greetings,
>>  -- Thiago V. dos Santos
>>
>> ThiagoDosSantos.com
>> MudancasClimaticasBrasil.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, May 28, 2020, 08:53:50 AM GMT-3, Roger Bivand <roger.bivand using nhh.no> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> With sp 1.4-2 and rgdal 1.5-8, those using GDAL 3 and PROJ 6 (including
>> users of the CRAN Windows binary when it comes) will be part of the big
>> migration to WKT2 from Proj4 strings for CRS representation. See
>>
>> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rgdal/vignettes/CRS_projections_transformations.html
>>
>> or for a better rendering of "\phi" and bib-handling:
>>
>> https://rgdal.r-forge.r-project.org/articles/CRS_projections_transformations.html
>>
>> for background and https://www.r-spatial.org/r/2020/03/17/wkt.html for the
>> full sf and sp story.
>>
>> You will see lots of warnings, they should grab your attention, that is
>> what they are for. We need your attention to be as sure as we can be that
>> your results - if affected by the transition - have been checked by you.
>>
>> I plan to flip the warnings to default off from rgdal 1.6-*, and sp 1.5-*.
>> In some weeks but before flipping the defaults, I'll follow up showing
>> ways of muting them, but we really need to be confident that this
>> necessary and future-proofing change isn't silently destroying your work
>> first. So please don't treat the many warnings as just pesky and nagging -
>> they are priming your immune system to check for unwanted consequences of
>> your legacy CRS representation choices.
>>
>> I'd also like to thank the maintainers of packages importing
>> from/depending on sp/rgdal for largely positive responses to issues raised
>> and emails sent, often less polite than they might have been, but grabbing
>> attention was more important. From over 70 broken reverse dependency
>> packages we are now well under 20, and I've contacted all of those, with
>> only a couple not responding. Edzer has seen similar responsiveness for
>> the parallel migration of sf.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> --
>> 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
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Roger Bivand
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Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway.
voice: +47 55 95 93 55; e-mail: Roger.Bivand using nhh.no
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