Thanks Roger.

I had Installed GDAL 1.7
Complete<http://www.kyngchaos.com/files/software/unixport/GDAL_Complete-1.7.dmg>[63.0
MiB] from Kyngchaos a little while ago
and missed the bits below about the MAC binary below.

I'll download that and report back

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand@nhh.no> wrote:

> On Wed, 19 May 2010, steven mosher wrote:
>
>  On Cran it indicates that the package is not available on MAC (OSX 10.5.8)
>> Is that the whole story?
>> Is it a situation that will change or am I missing something. I've left a
>> similar Q on the Mac Sig, but havent  got any feedback
>>
>
> It is always possible to use the instructions on the CRAN page under
> SystemRequirements: - that is install the external dependencies, for example
> using Kyngchaos' frameworks, and install from source, or from an OSX binary
> rgdal package at the same site. This probably gives a larger set of drivers.
>
> For those who prefer a Leopard-style binary with the same minimal set of
> drivers that we have on CRAN for Win32 and Win64: I can with pleasure thank
> Brian Ripley for making both 32-bit and 64-bit Intel versions available on
> CRAN extras - on OSX use:
>
>
>  setRepositories(ind=1:2)
>> install.packages('rgdal')
>>
>
> Please report back on whether this advice was helpful.
>
> Roger
>
>
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