Trouble installing rgdal

Question

I want to install rgdal for "R version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10)". I downloaded and installed

• GDAL 1.11 Complete
• PROJ framework v4.9.2-2
• GEOS framework v3.5.0-1

from KyngChaos

Then in RStudio I typed install.packages("rgdal") which gave me this:

> .... 
> 
> configure: CC: clang configure: CXX: clang++ configure: rgdal:
> 1.1-1 checking for /usr/bin/svnversion... yes configure: svn revision: 
> 572 checking for gdal-config... 
> no no configure: error: gdal-config
> not found or not executable. ERROR: configuration failed for package
> ‘rgdal’
> * removing ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library/rgdal’
> Warning in install.packages :   installation of package ‘rgdal’ had
> non-zero exit status

> sessionInfo()
R version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)
Running under: OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite)

locale:
[1] de_AT.UTF-8/de_AT.UTF-8/de_AT.UTF-8/C/de_AT.UTF-8/de_AT.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_3.2.3

I also tried in the terminal

R CMD INSTALL rgdal_1.1-1.tar --configure-args='--with-gdal-config=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs/gdal-config
 --with-proj-include=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/Headers
 --with-proj-lib=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/lib'

and

sudo R CMD INSTALL –configure-args=’–with-proj-include=/usr/local/lib’ rgdal_1.1-1.tar

No luck!

Answer 1

Finally solved it.

Here is how I've done it! OS X 10.10.5 R 3.2.3 GDAL 1.1

1. Download and install the GDAL Complete Framework from here
2. Tell your OS X where to find the gdal-config file by typing this in you shell echo 'export PATH=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile and then source ~/.bash_profile
3. Check if your GDAL is working fine by typing in the bash gdalinfo --version. That should come back with something like GDAL 1.11.3, released 2015/09/16.
4. For most people, starting R and typing install.packages("rgdal") works (if you've done step 1-3). However, that was not the case for me. So, proceed with 5 if you're still having troubles.
5. Go to the GDAL website and download the .tar file.
6. In the shell, try this: sudo R CMD INSTALL –configure-args=’–with-proj-include=/usr/local/lib’ rgdal_1.1-1.tar. That still gave me an error: configure: error: proj_api.h not found in standard or given locations. ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rgdal’
7. So, you again need to tell where to find that one. Try:

R CMD INSTALL rgdal_1.1-1.tar --configure-args='--with-gdal-config=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs/gdal-config  --with-proj-include=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/Headers  --with-proj-lib=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/lib' 

That should work. Try by starting R and type library(rgdal) in the R console.

Note: With rgoes I experienced similar problems. This helped me. Try:

R CMD INSTALL rgeos_0.3-15.tar --configure-args='--with-geos-config=/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/unix/bin/geos-config --with-proj-include=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/Headers --with-proj-lib=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/lib' 

For pointing to the config file. It's here /Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/unix/bin/geos-config

Answer 2

Quick note building on previous answer by @Stophface that might be useful to someone:

I did all steps listed above, but the rgdal installation in Terminal still gave me the error of configure: error: proj_api.h not found in standard or given locations. Yet (and without knowing exactly why), I managed to install it from R.app using pretty much the same specifications:

> install.packages('rgdal', type = "source", configure.args=c(      '--with-gdal-config=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs/gdal-config',      '--with-proj-include=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/Headers',      '--with-proj-lib=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/lib')) 

And thanks again for your answer!

Answer 3

I had the same error Running R 3.4.0 on macOS Sierra (10.12). So I used homebrew to install gdal, then rgdal installed as per usual in R

in Terminal

brew update
brew install gdal

in R

install.packages("rgdal")

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devtools::session_info()
Session info ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 setting  value                       
 version  R version 3.4.0 (2017-04-21)
 system   x86_64, darwin15.6.0        
 ui       RStudio (1.0.143)           
 language (EN)                        
 collate  en_AU.UTF-8                 
 tz       Australia/Melbourne         
 date     2017-04-24                  

Packages --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 package  * version date       source        
 devtools   1.12.0  2016-12-05 CRAN (R 3.4.0)
 digest     0.6.12  2017-01-27 CRAN (R 3.4.0)
 lattice    0.20-35 2017-03-25 CRAN (R 3.4.0)
 memoise    1.1.0   2017-04-21 CRAN (R 3.4.0)
 rgdal    * 1.2-6   2017-04-06 CRAN (R 3.4.0)
 sp       * 1.2-4   2016-12-22 CRAN (R 3.4.0)
 withr      1.0.2   2016-06-20 CRAN (R 3.4.0)

Answer 4

I installed it via conda on my Mac (OS X 10.10.5). The installation was simple. If you're new to conda, check this http://conda.pydata.org/docs/r-with-conda.html

conda install gdal
gdalinfo --version
# GDAL 2.1.0, released 2016/04/25

R Package installation:

install.packages('rgdal', type = "source", configure.args=c(
    '--with-gdal-config=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs/gdal-config',
    '--with-proj-include=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/Headers',
    '--with-proj-lib=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/lib'))

install.packages('rgeos', type = "source", configure.args=c(
    '--with-gdal-config=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs/gdal-config',
    '--with-proj-include=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/Headers',
    '--with-proj-lib=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/lib'))

install.packages('maptools', dependencies=TRUE)