[R] Installing package rgdal

[Phil Spector]

Alex -
   Notice that the error message says "Error: proj_api.h not found."
Files ending with a suffix of .h are known as header files, and
on Ubuntu, they are distributed in so-called development packages,
which generally end with -dev .  So I'm guessing that you installed
the proj-bin package, and now you need to install the libproj-dev 
package.
   You'll see the same thing for any R package that needs to be built
against an external library.  Installing the library or binary is
not enough -- to build the R package you need the development files.
   Hope this helps.
 					- Phil Spector
 					 Statistical Computing Facility
 					 Department of Statistics
 					 UC Berkeley
 					 spector at stat.berkeley.edu


On Sun, 29 May 2011, Alex Olssen wrote:

> Dear R-helpers,
>
> I am trying to install the package "rgdal" using the command
>
> install.packages("rgdal")
>
> in R.  I get the following error
>
> "Error: proj_api.h not found.
> If the PROJ.4 library is installed in a non-standard location,
> use --configure-args='--with-proj-include=/opt/local/include'
> for example, replacing /opt/local/* with appropriate values
> for your installation. If PROJ.4 is not installed, install it.
> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rgdal’
> * removing ‘/home/alex/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.11/rgdal’
>
> The downloaded packages are in
> 	‘/tmp/RtmpVDlld6/downloaded_packages’
> Warning message:
> In install.packages("rgdal") :
>  installation of package 'rgdal' had non-zero exit status"
>
> I am using ubuntu 10.10 and have installed PROJ.4 using the software
> center.  I have also downloaded a binary of PROJ.4 and placed it in
> /opt/local/
>
> I have looked at the documentation for "rgdal" here -
> http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rgdal/index.html
> But it seems to be about using "rgdal" as opposed to installing it.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Alex
>
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