On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand@nhh.no> wrote:

> If you install rgdal as a source package, your input would be helpful.
>
> Because of ongoing changes in the PROJ.4 library, it is desirable to
> change the requirement in rgdal from the current >= 4.4.9 to >= 4.8.0.
>

 Which version of libproj-dev is currently supported with the major Linux
distributions?

 If I'm reading this page right:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=saucy&section=all&arch=any&keywords=libproj&searchon=names

it looks like 4.7.0-2 is current for Ubuntu Saucy. Would that mean having
to get a version 4.8.0 and compile from source so I can link it with rgdal?
And now I have two problems...

Alternatively, Ubuntugis unstable has 4.8.0 for Saucy, Ubuntugis stable has
4.8.0. for Lucid, Precise and Quantal. But Ubuntugis stable only has QGIS
1.8...

So I think the implications of rgdal needing PROJ.4 >=4.8.0 are:

 1. Compile PROJ.4 4.8.0 from source and try not to confuse your system
with the version from packages
 2. Use Ubuntu Saucy and Ubuntugis Unstable package
 3. Use Ubuntu L, P, Q and an outdated QGIS....
 4. On one box I have handy I have qgis from the qgis.org repository, and
libproj 4.8.0 from a downloaded .deb file. I'm not sure where I got that
from....

 So would requiring 4.8.0 inconvenience my workflow? Probably no more than
the usual chase round the repositories I seem to do every time I try and
get Qgis + Python + gdal + rgdal working on a new install :)

Barry

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