Some notes on installing rgeos in R 2.14.0 on a Linux Mint 11 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) machine 1. rgeos 0.1-15 will not run with GEOS 3.2.0-1, which is the version currently available on Synaptic package manager 2. I installed GEOS 3.3.1 (the latest version) from http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/, but rgeos will not run with this either 3. I then install GEOS 3.2.3, and now rgeos works fine! It seems therefore that there is a mismatch between the GEOS version that is available on Synaptic, and the rgeos version on Cran (just in case anyone else comes across this issue). Best wishes, Dan Bebber
Prof Brian Ripley
2011-Dec-20 12:37 UTC
[Rd] rgeos on Linux requires GEOS 3.2.3, not 3.3.1
On 20/12/2011 11:49, Dan Bebber wrote:> Some notes on installing rgeos in R 2.14.0 on a Linux Mint 11 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) machine > 1. rgeos 0.1-15 will not run with GEOS 3.2.0-1, which is the version currently available on Synaptic package manager > 2. I installed GEOS 3.3.1 (the latest version) from http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/, but rgeos will not run with this either > 3. I then install GEOS 3.2.3, and now rgeos works fine! > > It seems therefore that there is a mismatch between the GEOS version that is available on Synaptic, and the rgeos version on Cran (just in case anyone else comes across this issue).Yes, as the package says, GEOS 3.2.2 is required. But GEOS 3.3.1 does work on many platforms (see the CRAN check summaries for proof; and I also have a Mac OS X build up). This really isn't the appropriate list: talk to the maintainer or use r-sig-geo.> Best wishes, > Dan Bebber > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel-- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595
Firstly my apologies, apparently this list is not the correct venue for my previous message. I removed GEOS 3.2.3 and rgeos, then installed 3.3.1 and reinstalled rgeos. rgeos now appears to work correctly and the issue is resolved. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Roger.Bivand at nhh.no [mailto:Roger.Bivand at nhh.no] Sent: Wed 21/12/2011 11:13 To: Dan Bebber Subject: rgeos on Linux requires GEOS 3.2.3, not 3.3.1 As Brian Ripley said, this is for R-sig-geo. There are lots of issues with ubuntu and similar binary builds of GEOS. rgeos definitely works with 3.3.1, but 3.2.2 is the minimum required. I would be interested in knowing why your 3.3.1 build did not permit rgeos to install successfully. It would be helpful not to leave misleading information on lists, so if you can confirm that 3.3.1 GEOS installed from source works for you (on list), I'd be grateful. Roger <quote author='Dan Bebber-2'> Some notes on installing rgeos in R 2.14.0 on a Linux Mint 11 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) machine 1. rgeos 0.1-15 will not run with GEOS 3.2.0-1, which is the version currently available on Synaptic package manager 2. I installed GEOS 3.3.1 (the latest version) from http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/, but rgeos will not run with this either 3. I then install GEOS 3.2.3, and now rgeos works fine! It seems therefore that there is a mismatch between the GEOS version that is available on Synaptic, and the rgeos version on Cran (just in case anyone else comes across this issue). Best wishes, Dan Bebber ______________________________________________ R-devel at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel </quote> Quoted from: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/rgeos-on-Linux-requires-GEOS-3-2-3-not-3-3-1-tp4217622p4217622.html