[R-sig-Geo] rgdal installation - libraries in non-standard locations

[Paul Hiemstra]

Hi,

A friend had this exact problem. I think it was fixed by setting an
evironment variable PROJ_LIB to the directory where the proj libs are
located.

cheers,
Paul

On 10/24/2011 03:55 PM, jgarcia at ija.csic.es wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am having problems installing RGDAL (with R 2.13.0) in a linux Redhat
> box where I do not have administrative privileges, so I have to install
> new libraries and R packages in my $HOME (/users/jgp) folder. The R core
> is, however, preinstalled.
>
> After installation of  proj-4.7.0 and gdal-1.81.1 from sources in my
> folder /users/jgp, libraries are located in /users/jgp/lib and includes in
> /users/jgp/include for both libraries.
>
> Then, installation of:
>
> R CMD INSTALL --configure-args='--with-proj-lib=/users/jgp/lib'
> rgdal_0.7-1.tar.gz
>
> gives the output log (the end of it):
>
> ...
> export PKG_LIBS='-L/users/jgp/lib -l'
> R CMD INSTALL --configure-args='--with-proj-lib=/users/jgp/lib'
> rgdal_0.7-1.tar.gz
> checking proj_api.h usability... yes
> checking proj_api.h presence... yes
> checking for proj_api.h... yes
> checking for pj_init_plus in -lproj... no
> Error: libproj.a not found.
> If the PROJ.4 library is installed in a non-standard location,
> use --configure-args='--with-proj-lib=/opt/local/lib' 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 '/users/jgp/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/2.13/rgdal'
>
> Please, could you help with this? I've already spent with this an insane
> amount of hours without any success.
>
> Thanks
> Javier
> ...
>
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