Ubuntu 16.04 R Installation: Configure: Gdal-Config Not Found or Not Executable

Ubuntu 16.04 R Installation: configure: gdal-config not found or not executable

You have to install gdal, proj & geos on your Linux system.

 sudo apt-get install libgdal1-dev gdal-bin libproj-dev proj-data proj-bin libgeos-dev

To compile yourself, see this script (backup)

Edit: For Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic or Mint 19 Tara

 sudo apt-get install libgdal-dev gdal-bin libproj-dev proj-data proj-bin libgeos-dev

Error: gdal-config not found while installing R dependent packages whereas gdal is installed

You need the -dev package with headers and shared library links for development besides the normal package for deployment. Two different use cases as far as the distro is concerned.

On my distribution:

edd@max:/tmp$ dpkg -l | grep gdal | cut -c-72
ii  libgdal1-1.7.0                                1.7.3-6ubuntu3        
ii  libgdal1-dev                                  1.7.3-6ubuntu3        
edd@max:/tmp$ 

and R CMD INSTALL rgdal_0.7-8.tar.gz works just fine as you would expect from a CRAN package given all the build-time checks at CRAN.

Update late 2016: As @JoshO'Brien points out in the comment

Minor update: Here in 2016, running Ubuntu 14.04.2, libgdal1h seems to
have replaced libgdal1(though libgdal1-dev is still needed). At least
I get an error to that effect when I attempted to apt-get install libgdal1

For Ubuntu 16.04 the corresponding line would be

sudo apt-get install libgdal1i

Such renaming of upstream libraries is common; something such as apt-cache search libgdal can help locate the current package names. The important key though is that the "abstract" development package libgdal-dev is all that is needed to build as it pulls the "concrete" current run-time package (here: libgdal1i) in via a dependency.

rgdal installed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, but R 3.5 not recognized it

The solution was to uninstall QGIS, and install GDAL first and re-install QGIS after.

Finally, the rGDAL was possible to be installed in R.

Unable to install ‘sf’ R package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

This worked for me. Using

sudo aptitude install libgdal-dev

and then

devtools::install_github("r-spatial/sf")

Trouble installing rgdal

Finally solved it.

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

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