Hi,

I had previously installed the rgdal from William Kyngesburye but still got
an error.

However, Roger's suggestion worked fine.

Note: I previously installed the gdal1.8 from kyngchaos.com

António

What worked was

2011/5/3 Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand@nhh.no>

> On Tue, 3 May 2011, Robin W Hunnewell wrote:
>
>  Thank you.  sorry if this is basic; had just hoped to find a step-by-step
>> guide for Idiots on how to install GDAL and rgdal on OSX.
>>
>> I downloaded the comprehensive GDAL framework provided by William
>> Kyngesburye:
>>
>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>>
>> Help and 'read me' files say to install the GDAL framework with
>> dependencies first, then an rgdal binary from the same site.
>> But I'm not sure how to compile and configure GDAL the right way - so that
>> it gets to the R library and can then be located.
>> I'm sure it's just a basic step, but for someone new to this it's a little
>> confusing..
>> Thanks very much for the URL below, will try to work it through
>>
>
> If you do not need drivers other than the standard ones (shapefile,
> geotiff, etc.), within R do only:
>
> setRepositories(ind=1:2)
> install.packages("rgdal")
>
> Only use Kyngchaos if you need GDAL and the frameworks for other purposes
> other than rgdal, or if you need extra drivers for rgdal not provided as
> standard from CRAN extras.
>
> Please report back if this meets your needs.
>
> Roger
>
>
>>
>>
>> On 03 May, 2011,at 02:21 PM, Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand@nhh.no> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 3 May 2011, Robin W Hunnewell wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> Could you - or any other mac users who've been successful installing
>>> rgdal
>>>
>> -
>>
>>> elaborate how you did it?
>>>
>>
>> Usually, OSX users say setRepositories(ind=1:2) to install from CRAN and
>> CRAN extras, where OSX binaries for R 2.13 are provided by Prof. Brian
>> Ripley. The direct URL is:
>>
>>
>> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.13/
>>
>> This has static GDAL and standard drivers. Kyngchaos now also has an R
>> 2.13 binary, which depends on the frameworks also provided there - it was
>> added recently at user request, and provides a larger number of drivers.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>>> I'm trying to install rgdal in my iMac (os X 10.6.7). I have latest Mac R
>>> app. version 2.13.0
>>> I downloaded the GDAL framework 1.8 and its dependencies from the
>>> kyngchaos site -- under the GDAL section of the page:
>>>
>>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks
>>>
>>>
>>> But not sure the that the installation has put it in the right
>>>
>> configuration,
>>
>>> path for loading into R.
>>>
>>> In R, I installed and loaded library 'sp'  which rgdal needs..
>>>
>>> Then tried to install the GDAL package - I go to the R Package
>>> Installer, select 'Local Binary Package' from the popup, then click
>>> 'Install...'.
>>> I was able to locate and select the rgdal tarball to install and load it
>>>
>> for
>>
>>> use in R, but get error message:
>>> 1: 'tar' returned non-zero exit code 1 2: In
>>> file.rename(file.path(tmpDir, pkgname), instPath) :
>>> cannot rename file
>>> '/Users/robinhunnewell/Library/R/2.13/library/file3af03e3f/GDAL' to
>>> '/Users/robinhunnewell/Library/R/2.13/library/GDAL', reason 'No such file
>>>
>> or
>>
>>> directory'
>>> 3: unable to move temporary installation
>>> '/Users/robinhunnewell/Library/R/2.13/library/file3af03e3f/GDAL' to
>>> '/Users/robinhunnewell/Library/R/2.13/library/GDAL' Is it because GDAL is
>>> not in the right place? Thanks v much if anyone can anyone help!
>>> Robin
>>>
>>> On 02 May, 2011,at 11:23 AM, Christopher Fusting <cfusting@gmail.com>
>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I had a similar problem. The port under the GDAL section of this page
>>> worked for me:
>>>
>>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks
>>>
>>> _Chris
>>>
>>> 2011/5/2 Ant???nio M. Rodrigues <amcrgrodrigues@gmailcom>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to instal library rgdal in my macbook (os X 10.6.7).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have installed the latest R package (R-2.13.0.pkg).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have gdal 1.8 install. Also, I have loaded library sp which rgdal
>>>> needs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded rdgal_06-33.tgz and using R Package installer, I located
>>>> and
>>>> installed the Local Binary Package.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When trying to load rgdal ( >library(rgdal)in the R prompt) I get the
>>>> error:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----
>>>>
>>>> Error : onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rgdal', details:
>>>>
>>>> call: fun(..)
>>>>
>>>> error:
>>>>
>>>> GDAL Error 1: dlopen(/Library/Application
>>>> Support/GDAL/1.8/PlugIns/gdal_GRASS.dylib, 1): Library not loaded:
>>>> /Applications/GRASS-6.4.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/libgrass_gis.dylib
>>>>
>>>> Referenced from: /Library/Application
>>>> Support/GDAL/1.8/PlugIns/gdal_GRASSdylib
>>>>
>>>> Reason: image not found
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'rgdal'
>>>>
>>>> -----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any help will be much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Ant???nio
>>>>
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