Install rgeos on OSX

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There seems to be some nefarious conspiracy against packaging spatial R packages on the mac platform. Don’t quite understand it but it sucks. Here is how to install the rgeos package.

If you try the normal way, you get the following error:

install.packages("rgeos")
package ‘rgeos’ is available as a source package but not as a binary
Warning in install.packages : package ‘rgeos’ is not available (as a binary package for R version 3.1.3)

which is not very helpful. So here is a quick way to do that I use when I need to upgrade it or put it on a new machine.

1. If you do not have the developers tools from Apple, download them and install through the normal AppStore mechanisms. You will need to compile stuff from raw code for this to work.
2. Download and install the GDAL Complete package from KyngChaos. At the time of writing, it was version 1.11 (39.0 MB). If you are using Mavericks or later, you’ll have to probably change your security settings (System Preferences -> Security -> General) to “Allow apps downloaded from ‘anywhere’ to be installed. If everything works nicely (which I’ve never seen actually work), you should be able to do the following to install. Unfortunately, it always barfs on me.

   install.packages(“rgeos”, repos=“http://R-Forge.R-project.org”, type=“source”) trying URL ‘http://R-Forge.R-project.org/src/contrib/rgeos_0.3-9.tar.gz’ Content type ‘application/x-gzip’ length 238246 bytes (232 KB) opened URL ================================================== downloaded 232 KB

• installing source package ‘rgeos’ … configure: CC: clang configure: CXX: clang++ configure: rgeos: 0.3-8 checking for /usr/bin/svnversion… yes cat: inst/SVN_VERSION: No such file or directory configure: svn revision: checking for geos-config… no configure: error: geos-config not found or not executable. ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rgeos’
• removing ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/rgeos’

The downloaded source packages are in ‘/private/var/folders/06/jmbn_ny94rs1nw19xclvdzqc0000gn/T/Rtmp9VCkBI/downloaded_packages’ Warning message: In install.packages(“rgeos”, repos = “http://R-Forge.R-project.org”, : installation of package ‘rgeos’ had non-zero exit status

3. This means that you need to actually compile the results. Download the latest sources from r-forge (use the *.tar.gz version). Open the terminal and:

   cd ~/Downloads
   R CMD INSTALL
   

and you should see the following:

<pre class="lang:default decode:true ">R CMD INSTALL rgeos_0.3-9.tar.gz --configure-args="--with-geos-config=/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/unix/bin/geos-config"

• installing to library ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library’
• installing source package ‘rgeos’ … configure: CC: clang configure: CXX: clang++ configure: rgeos: 0.3-8 checking for /usr/bin/svnversion… yes cat: inst/SVN_VERSION: No such file or directory configure: svn revision: configure: geos-config set to /Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/unix/bin/geos-config checking geos-config exists… yes checking geos-config executable… yes checking geos-config usability… yes configure: GEOS version: 3.4.2 checking geos version at least 3.2.0… yes checking geos-config clibs… yes checking for gcc… clang checking whether the C compiler works… yes checking for C compiler default output file name… a.out checking for suffix of executables… checking whether we are cross compiling… no checking for suffix of object files… o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler… yes checking whether clang accepts -g… yes checking for clang option to accept ISO C89… none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor… clang -E checking for grep that handles long lines and -e… /usr/bin/grep checking for egrep… /usr/bin/grep -E checking for ANSI C header files… rm: conftest.dSYM: is a directory rm: conftest.dSYM: is a directory yes checking for sys/types.h… yes checking for sys/stat.h… yes checking for stdlib.h… yes checking for string.h… yes checking for memory.h… yes checking for strings.h… yes checking for inttypes.h… yes checking for stdint.h… yes checking for unistd.h… yes checking geos_c.h usability… yes checking geos_c.h presence… yes checking for geos_c.h… yes checking geos: linking with libgeos_c… yes configure: PKG_CPPFLAGS: -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include configure: PKG_LIBS: -L/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/lib -lgeos -L/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/lib -lgeos_c configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating src/Makevars ** libs clang++ -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c dummy.cc -o dummy.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c init.c -o init.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c local_stubs.c -o local_stubs.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos.c -o rgeos.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_R2geos.c -o rgeos_R2geos.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_R2geosMP.c -o rgeos_R2geosMP.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_bbox.c -o rgeos_bbox.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_buffer.c -o rgeos_buffer.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_coord.c -o rgeos_coord.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_geos2R.c -o rgeos_geos2R.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_misc.c -o rgeos_misc.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_poly2nb.c -o rgeos_poly2nb.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_predicate_binary.c -o rgeos_predicate_binary.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_predicate_unary.c -o rgeos_predicate_unary.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_topology.c -o rgeos_topology.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_topology_binary.c -o rgeos_topology_binary.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_validate.c -o rgeos_validate.o clang -I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/X11/include -I“/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/sp/include” -fPIC -Wall -mtune=core2 -g -O2 -c rgeos_wkt.c -o rgeos_wkt.o clang++ -dynamiclib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -undefined dynamic_lookup -single_module -multiply_defined suppress -L/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/lib -L/usr/local/lib -o rgeos.so dummy.o init.o local_stubs.o rgeos.o rgeos_R2geos.o rgeos_R2geosMP.o rgeos_bbox.o rgeos_buffer.o rgeos_coord.o rgeos_geos2R.o rgeos_misc.o rgeos_poly2nb.o rgeos_predicate_binary.o rgeos_predicate_unary.o rgeos_topology.o rgeos_topology_binary.o rgeos_validate.o rgeos_wkt.o -L/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/lib -lgeos -L/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/lib -lgeos_c -F/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/.. -framework R -Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreFoundation installing to /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/rgeos/libs ** R ** inst ** preparing package for lazy loading ** help *** installing help indices ** building package indices ** testing if installed package can be loaded
• DONE (rgeos)
  4. And your done.