[Qgis-developer] manageR plugin: hot wo load R package "sp"

[Carson Farmer]

Hi Peter, would it be possible for you to send me an example of the
dataset that causes the crash?

Carson

On 19 November 2010 14:25, "Peter Löwe" <peter.loewe at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi Barry,
>
> after having R-dev installed, getting sp works like a charm:
>
> install.packages("sp")
>
> library(sp)
>
> does the trick.
>
> Using "Import Layer From Canvas" works for point and line layers (tested on the Spearfish dataset)
>
> However, applying "Import Layer From Canvas" for polygon layers leads to a segfault.
>
> Any Suggestions ?
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:39:17 +0000
>> Von: Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk>
>> An: peter.loewe at gmx.de
>> CC: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
>> Betreff: Re: [Qgis-developer] manageR plugin: hot wo load R package "sp"
>
>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM,  <peter.loewe at gmx.de> wrote:
>> > Hi List,
>> >
>> > the manageR plugin requires for the action "Import Layer From Canvas"
>> the R package "sp".
>> >
>> > The common way to install sp within the manageR CLI fails:
>> >
>> >> install.packages("sp")
>> > Installing package(s) into
>> ‘/home/pel/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/2.12’
>> > (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
>> > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>> > Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
>> > trying URL 'http://cran.at.r-project.org/src/contrib/sp_0.9-72.tar.gz'
>> > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 535353 bytes (522 Kb)
>> > opened URL
>> > ==================================================
>> > downloaded 522 Kb
>> >
>> >
>> > The downloaded packages are in
>> >        ‘/tmp/RtmpOTaSDB/downloaded_packages’
>> > Warning message:
>> > In install.packages("sp") :
>> >  installation of package 'sp' had non-zero exit status
>> >
>> >
>> > Does anybody know a way to solve this one ?
>>
>>  What happens when you try this from the R command line from a
>> terminal window, rather than manageR? Possibly manageR is hiding some
>> diagnostic messages.
>>
>>  Since sp is being installed from source, my first suspicion is that
>> you don't have the requisite C/Fortran compilers on your system. Is it
>> ubuntu/apt-based? Do "sudo apt-get install build-essential" from a
>> command line, that should get them.
>>
>> Barry
>
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Carson J. Q. Farmer
ISSP Doctoral Fellow
National Centre for Geocomputation
National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
http://www.carsonfarmer.com/