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I'm attempting to use R within QGIS2.6 on OSX Mavericks but cannot get R to run because rgdal is not available as binary for R3.1.2 (see QGIS log output from R execution console below).

I have installed rgdal on my system R installation using an alternative to install.package but QGIS doesn't seem to be seeing this. Does QGIS use an different R/rgdal location to my main system versions?

R version 3.1.2 (2014-10-31) -- "Pumpkin Helmet" Copyright (C) 2014 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)

...some packages downloaded here...

The downloaded binary packages are in /var/folders/q4/r2k75kq956l54c4xtcxkscl40000gn/T//RtmpOSE4WR/downloaded_packages tryCatch(find.package("spatstat"), error=function(e) install.packages("spatstat", dependencies=TRUE)) [1] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/spatstat" tryCatch(find.package("rgdal"), error=function(e) install.packages("rgdal", dependencies=TRUE)) package 'rgdal' is available as a source package but not as a binary Warning message: package 'rgdal' is not available (for R version 3.1.2) tryCatch(find.package("raster"), error=function(e) install.packages("raster", dependencies=TRUE)) [1] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/raster" library("raster") Loading required package: sp library("rgdal") Error in library("rgdal") : there is no package called 'rgdal' Execution halted

added whole error log output January 7, 2015 23:07:23 R execution console output

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options("repos"="http://cran.at.r-project.org/") tryCatch(find.package("rgdal"), error=function(e) install.packages("rgdal", dependencies=TRUE))

package 'rgdal' is available as a source package but not as a binary

Warning message: package 'rgdal' is not available (for R version 3.1.2) tryCatch(find.package("raster"), error=function(e) install.packages("raster", dependencies=TRUE)) [1] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/raster" library("raster") Loading required package: sp library("rgdal") Error in library("rgdal") : there is no package called 'rgdal' Execution halted

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  • hi @Pascal. But I have installed rgdal on my machine R installation.
    – Mark Ruddy
    Jan 5, 2015 at 8:03
  • When you say 'on your system' do you mean within QGIS or from my machine R installation? rgdal has been part of my machine R install and I have been using it successfully. Does QGIS run an independent version of R that is bundled with it? Or does QGIS rely on the machine install?
    – Mark Ruddy
    Jan 5, 2015 at 16:44
  • @MarkRuddy, could you edit your question and paste the actual error lines from the R script output (from QGIS Processing) when you run it?
    – Simbamangu
    Jan 6, 2015 at 5:53
  • @Simbamangu I did include the majority of it in the original question but will add the whole log output.
    – Mark Ruddy
    Jan 7, 2015 at 23:06
  • @Pascal yes I know it says that in QGIS, but I have already installed rgdal. I'm running rgdal in RStudio at the moment. But rgdal is not available as a binary for R 3.1.2. I can install rgdal from source but the QGIS error (above) looks like QGIS is trying to get rgdal as a repos from cran - which can't work... So question is how to get around this when I know rgdal is already on my machine.
    – Mark Ruddy
    Jan 7, 2015 at 23:11

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Here, see if this works:

# This sets the correct dependencies on CRAN
setRepositories(ind = c(1,6))  

# Then install package as usual. 
install.packages('rgdal')
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  • Hi. Thanks for posting. My rgdal is working from an R session outside of QGIS (say from RStudio). It's only when I try and call R from QGIS tools. Is the code you posted intended to somehow make QGIS 'see' rdgal? MR
    – Mark Ruddy
    Feb 8, 2015 at 19:14
  • From the errors it is looking like rgdal is not loading in the R namespace correctly. I am thinking that a more standard install of rgdal will mitigate the issue. Did you try reinstalling the package using the above method? Install the package in R and not RStudio, which often does not play well with the spatial packages.
    – Jeffrey Evans
    Feb 8, 2015 at 22:06
  • ok. Used above rgdal install method in R. R tools in QGIS processing toolbox still not able to get rgdal. Log: Warning message: package 'rgdal' is not available (for R version 3.1.2) tryCatch(find.package("raster"), error=function(e) install.packages("raster", dependencies=TRUE)) [1] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.1/Resources/library/raster" library("raster") Loading required package: sp library("rgdal") Error in library("rgdal") : there is no package called 'rgdal' Execution halted
    – Mark Ruddy
    Feb 9, 2015 at 8:58
  • This is an odd one. Are you trying to write an R script to run in QGIS or using a preexisting script?
    – Jeffrey Evans
    Feb 9, 2015 at 14:10
  • Trying the existing scripts contained within the toolbox
    – Mark Ruddy
    Feb 9, 2015 at 17:45
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The regular RGDAL from the R package repository has had issues in the past - you can use the one provided by kynchaos.com:

  1. Download the DMG from the Frameworks page.
  2. Mount the DMG.
  3. In R, install the package from the included .tgz file: install.packages("/Volumes/rgdal/rgdal_0.9-1.tgz", repos = NULL) (substitute /Volumes/rgdal/ for another package if it's renamed or somehow different to the default).
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  • Installed rgdal from KyngChaos as instructed but R still not functioning within QGIS. Returning the same rgdal error as in my initial post. Attempted restart of QGIS too.
    – Mark Ruddy
    Jan 5, 2015 at 14:15
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The issue is that R installations are write-protected by default. Install R into another folder such as C:\R\R-3.1.3 and the problem goes away when you set it as the R path in QGIS. The solution is described here: http://wiki.awf.forst.uni-goettingen.de/wiki/index.php/R_installation

This worked running QGIS 2.8.1 Wien on Windows 7 64-bit. I imagine it will resolve the issue on OS X too.

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in the "R user library folder" change the location to where your R packages are stored.

In my case "C:\Users\Kuria\Documents\R\win-library\3.5"

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