[R] problem for installing rgdal

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 10/07/2012 17:35, stanislas rebaudet wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I run [R] 2.14 on Mac OS 10.6 and I've been desperately trying to install rpy2 in order to compute spatial statistics on QGIS 1.7.3.
> rpy2 is dependent upon the rgdal [R]package that I've been unable to install in spite of up to date versions of GDAL and PROJ.
> More precisely, [R] console writes "Error: gdal-config not found". As a matter of fact, typing "gdal.config" on a Terminal shell doesn't work either...
>
> Yet, the file is actually present in /Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.9/Programs
> I then tryed to follow suggestions with:  --configure-args='--with-gdal-config=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.9/Programs/gdal-config'
> I received "no such file or directory"
>
> I also found this option described here (http://www.r-bloggers.com/installing-rgdal-on-mac-os-x-2/), but couldn't get through it...


First, there is an OS X binary available for rgdal.

Second, please ask either on R-sig-mac (this is Mac-specific) or 
R-sig-geo (which is the list for that specific packages) about how to 
install from source on OS X if you really need to.

> As anyone an idea?
> Thanks for your help
>
> stan
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