Trouble installing rgdal

Finally solved it.

Here is how I've done it!OS X 10.10.5R 3.2.3GDAL 1.1

1. Download and install the GDAL Complete Framework from here
2. Tell your OS X where to find the gdal-config file by typing this in you shellecho 'export PATH=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile and then source ~/.bash_profile
3. Check if your GDAL is working fine by typing in the bash gdalinfo --version. That should come back with something like GDAL 1.11.3, released 2015/09/16.
4. For most people, starting R and typing install.packages("rgdal") works (if you've done step 1-3). However, that was not the case for me. So, proceed with 5 if you're still having troubles.
5. Go to the GDAL website and download the .tar file.
6. In the shell, try this: sudo R CMD INSTALL –configure-args=’–with-proj-include=/usr/local/lib’ rgdal_1.1-1.tar. That still gave me an error: configure: error: proj_api.h not found in standard or given locations.ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rgdal’
7. So, you again need to tell where to find that one. Try:

R CMD INSTALL rgdal_1.1-1.tar --configure-args='--with-gdal-config=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs/gdal-config --with-proj-include=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/Headers --with-proj-lib=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/lib'

That should work. Try by starting R and type library(rgdal) in the R console.

Note: With rgoes I experienced similar problems. This helped me.Try:

R CMD INSTALL rgeos_0.3-15.tar --configure-args='--with-geos-config=/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/unix/bin/geos-config--with-proj-include=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/Headers--with-proj-lib=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/lib'

For pointing to the config file. It's here /Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/unix/bin/geos-config

Quick note building on previous answer by @Stophface that might be useful to someone:

I did all steps listed above, but the rgdal installation in Terminal still gave me the error of configure: error: proj_api.h not found in standard or given locations. Yet (and without knowing exactly why), I managed to install it from R.app using pretty much the same specifications:

> install.packages('rgdal', type = "source", configure.args=c(     '--with-gdal-config=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs/gdal-config',     '--with-proj-include=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/Headers',     '--with-proj-lib=/Library/Frameworks/PROJ.framework/unix/lib'))

And thanks again for your answer!

I had the same error Running R 3.4.0 on macOS Sierra (10.12). So I used homebrew to install gdal, then rgdal installed as per usual in R

in Terminal

brew updatebrew install gdal

in R

install.packages("rgdal")

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