[Ubuntu] How to install the correct proj version?

[Luís de Sousa]

Hi Jérôme,

I already tried that, but I still get version 4.7 installed. This is
really boggling, apt-get is reporting version 4.8 during install but
when I invoke it in the command line I get 4.7.

Thank you in any case,

Luís

On 17 November 2012 16:28, Jérôme Villeneuve Larouche
<jerome.vlarouche at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> If you haven't done it, try to do : 'sudo apt-get update' before installing
> proj.
>
> On 17 Nov 2012 03:07, "Luís de Sousa" <luis.a.de.sousa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> A few days ago all the software dependent on proj stopped working on
>> my Ubuntu 12.04 64bit system. I contacted Alan Boudreault who
>> identified this as an issue with proj, I have version 4.7 installed
>> but should have 4.8 (I'm using the ubuntugis-unstable repo). I've
>> tried to uninstall and reinstall proj several times but I always get
>> version 4.7; there's a log bellow exemplifying.
>>
>> Any insights on this issue are welcome. Thank you,
>>
>> Luís
>>
>> $ proj
>> Rel. 4.7.1, 23 September 2009
>> usage: proj [ -beEfiIlormsStTvVwW [args] ] [ +opts[=arg] ] [ files ]
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get remove libproj0 proj-bin proj-data projectm-data
>> python-pyproj
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
>> required:
>>   libdap11 libepsilon0 libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 libhdf4-0-alt
>> libdapclient3 libnetcdf6
>> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>>   libproj0 proj-bin proj-data projectm-data python-pyproj
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 34 not upgraded.
>> After this operation, 7,891 kB disk space will be freed.
>> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
>> (Reading database ... 463054 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Removing proj-bin ...
>> Removing libproj0 ...
>> Removing python-pyproj ...
>> Removing proj-data ...
>> Removing projectm-data ...
>> Processing triggers for man-db ...
>> Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
>> ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
>> Processing triggers for doc-base ...
>> Processing 1 removed doc-base file...
>> Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
>>
>> $ proj
>> bash: /usr/bin/proj: No such file or directory
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get install libproj0 proj-bin proj-data projectm-data
>> python-pyproj
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
>> required:
>>   libdap11 libepsilon0 libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 libhdf4-0-alt
>> libdapclient3 libnetcdf6
>> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>   libproj0 proj-bin proj-data projectm-data python-pyproj
>> 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 34 not upgraded.
>> Need to get 0 B/3,773 kB of archives.
>> After this operation, 7,891 kB of additional disk space will be used.
>> Selecting previously unselected package projectm-data.
>> (Reading database ... 462689 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Unpacking projectm-data (from .../projectm-data_2.0.1+dfsg-12_all.deb) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package proj-data.
>> Unpacking proj-data (from .../proj-data_4.8.0-2~precise1_amd64.deb) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package python-pyproj.
>> Unpacking python-pyproj (from .../python-pyproj_1.8.9-1build1_amd64.deb)
>> ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package libproj0.
>> Unpacking libproj0 (from .../libproj0_4.8.0-2~precise1_amd64.deb) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package proj-bin.
>> Unpacking proj-bin (from .../proj-bin_4.8.0-2~precise1_amd64.deb) ...
>> Processing triggers for doc-base ...
>> Processing 1 added doc-base file...
>> Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
>> Processing triggers for man-db ...
>> Setting up projectm-data (2.0.1+dfsg-12) ...
>> Setting up proj-data (4.8.0-2~precise1) ...
>> Setting up python-pyproj (1.8.9-1build1) ...
>> Setting up libproj0 (4.8.0-2~precise1) ...
>> Setting up proj-bin (4.8.0-2~precise1) ...
>> Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
>> ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
>>
>> $ proj
>> Rel. 4.7.1, 23 September 2009
>> usage: proj [ -beEfiIlormsStTvVwW [args] ] [ +opts[=arg] ] [ files ]
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