Ah, I didn't read the entire message. Sorry about that!
> On Sep 6, 2017, at 7:20 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > > Indeed, Ben, but the question was something more like it is not a Dependency, > just Suggested, so why the error... > > John: > > If you read the Introduction to the 'raster' package vignette, it indicates > that some input formats are supported within the raster package and some rely > on other packages. Clearly the attempt to read a TIFF was an example of the > latter. Had you used a different input file format the issue of rgdal might > never have appeared... ergo, Suggests rather than Depends. > > Note that someone may feel pity for your plight, John, and give you a > convenient alternative way to import the data to raster (there are other > packages that read TIFF but you would probably have to roll the geolocation > yourself... an avenue for which help would be better pursued on R-sig-geo), > but the premise of your email (cannot upgrade) does put it squarely in the > off-topic category according to the Posting Guide. Fortunately R is > open-source so if you are diligent you can write/borrow R code as needed or > even recompile R and necessary packages entirely within your personal > development directories with no system installation to bother your sysadmin > about... but you might also just go find another computer to do your work on. > -- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > On September 6, 2017 3:29:41 PM PDT, Ben Tupper <btup...@bigelow.org> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The message "there is no package called 'rgdal'" means that you don't >> have rgdal installed. >> >> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rgdal/index.html >> >> Also, you will get very good patial-centric help if you subscribed to >> r-sig-geo here >> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo >> >> Cheers, >> Ben >> >> >> >>> On Sep 6, 2017, at 2:52 PM, john polo <jp...@mail.usf.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Dear useRs, >>> >>> I am trying to import a raster with the line: >>> >>> nlcd <- raster("/home/jpolo/NRI/nlcd_nri5000.tif") >>> >>> And I keep getting an error like this: >>> >>> "Warning message: >>> In library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, >> logical.return = TRUE, : >>> there is no package called 'rgdal' >>> Error in .rasterObjectFromFile(x, band = band, objecttype = >> "RasterLayer", : >>> Cannot create RasterLayer object from this file; perhaps you need >> to install rgdal first >>> Calls: raster -> raster -> .local -> .rasterObjectFromFile >>> Execution halted" >>> >>> This is the session info: >>> >>> "R version 3.2.5 (2016-04-14) >>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) >>> Running under: CentOS release 6.3 (Final) >>> >>> locale: >>> [1] C >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] methods stats graphics grDevices utils datasets base >>> >>> other attached packages: >>> [1] raster_2.5-8 sp_1.2-4 rgeos_0.3-23 >>> >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>> [1] Rcpp_0.12.10 grid_3.2.5 lattice_0.20-35 " >>> >>> I know the R version is old, but this is a system that I can not >> update, I have no control over it. Because the version of R is old, the >> admin told me that they cannot install rgdal. I am not using >> library(rgdal) and none of the other libraries that are loaded require >> rgdal. The package raster does suggest it though. Is that causing the >> problem? Is there a way to avoid this? Any help is welcome. >>> >>> best, >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "Ask a man to be quiet, >>> and he'll be silent for a moment. >>> Feed a man to a red dragon >>> and he'll be silent for a lifetime." >>> -Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> Ben Tupper >> Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences >> 60 Bigelow Drive, P.O. 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