R help - Oct 2006 - compiling rgdal package on windows / macos

Greetings:

As I am not a windows user, I cannot try this: is it possible to install rgdal 
on windows without having to compile it from source ?	

Compilation on MacOS is within my abilities, however each time i try and 
install the rgdal package it dies complaining that it cannot find 
gdal-config --- which was recently installed with GRASS. I have updated my 
PATH environment variable, logged out, but R still cannot find the 
gdal-config program.

any tips on getting the rgdal package up and running on MacOS or Windows would 
be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,


-- 
Dylan Beaudette
Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
University of California at Davis
530.754.7341

I just tried the Packages>Install package(s)..  menu item on my fresh
R-2.4.0-patched and rgdal just shows up on the list of packages to install,
so I am not sure what the problem is.  Alternatively, you can download the
Windows *.zip file from any CRAN repository and install it from your hard
drive.

Hope this helps,

Andy

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Greetings:

As I am not a windows user, I cannot try this: is it possible to install
rgdal
on windows without having to compile it from source ?

Compilation on MacOS is within my abilities, however each time i try and
install the rgdal package it dies complaining that it cannot find
gdal-config --- which was recently installed with GRASS. I have updated my
PATH environment variable, logged out, but R still cannot find the
gdal-config program.

any tips on getting the rgdal package up and running on MacOS or Windows
would
be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,


--
Dylan Beaudette
Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
University of California at Davis
530.754.7341

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On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Dylan Beaudette wrote:
> Greetings:
> 
> As I am not a windows user, I cannot try this: is it possible to install
> rgdal on windows without having to compile it from source ?
Andy Jaworski already replied that rgdal Windows binaries are available 
from CRAN mirrors, thanks to Uwe Ligges.
> 
> Compilation on MacOS is within my abilities, however each time i try and 
> install the rgdal package it dies complaining that it cannot find 
> gdal-config --- which was recently installed with GRASS. I have updated my 
> PATH environment variable, logged out, but R still cannot find the 
> gdal-config program.
> 
For Mac OSX, please consult the detailed instructions on:

http://www.r-project.org/Rgeo -> Maps (in the left navigation bar).

Hint: see the configure.args= argument of install.packages() and use 
--with-gdal-config= to get the address right.

No Mac OSX binaries will be provided from CRAN, there are simply too many 
Mac OSX varieties out there to be sure that the installed external 
software harmonises with the rgdal binary build. However, one way of 
getting there is referenced in Rgeo, using William Kyngesburye's 
frameworks (rgdal binaries are provided in harmony with PROJ.4 and GDAL).

By the way:

RSiteSearch("rgdal macosx")

first hit takes you to a recent reply on this topic on the R-sig-geo list.
> any tips on getting the rgdal package up and running on MacOS or Windows
> would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> 
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