install error

[sjsrey]

@chris-prener when installing via

> install.packages("areal")

I'm getting:

ERROR: dependencies ‘lwgeom’, ‘sf’ are not available for package ‘areal’
  * removing ‘/home/serge/anaconda3/lib/R/library/areal’

The downloaded source packages are in
        ‘/tmp/RtmpBEpBpJ/downloaded_packages’
Updating HTML index of packages in '.Library'
Making 'packages.html' ... done
Warning messages:
1: In install.packages("areal") :
  installation of package ‘units’ had non-zero exit status
2: In install.packages("areal") :
  installation of package ‘sf’ had non-zero exit status
3: In install.packages("areal") :
  installation of package ‘lwgeom’ had non-zero exit status
4: In install.packages("areal") :
  installation of package ‘areal’ had non-zero exit status
> library(areal)
Error in library(areal) : there is no package called ‘areal’
>

I realize this might be due to using R installed via conda. But on Ubuntu 18.04 I'm getting the same error(s) on a clean install of R from the official repositories:

* DONE (dplyr)
ERROR: dependencies ‘lwgeom’, ‘sf’ are not available for package ‘areal’
* removing ‘/home/serge/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.4/areal’

The downloaded source packages are in
        ‘/tmp/Rtmpb2kPO5/downloaded_packages’
Warning messages:
1: In install.packages("areal") :
  installation of package ‘units’ had non-zero exit status
2: In install.packages("areal") :
  installation of package ‘sf’ had non-zero exit status
3: In install.packages("areal") :
  installation of package ‘lwgeom’ had non-zero exit status
4: In install.packages("areal") :
  installation of package ‘areal’ had non-zero exit status
> library(areal)
Error in library(areal) : there is no package called ‘areal’

[chris-prener]

Thanks @sjsrey - I'm not an expert on Conda or Ubuntu. It looks like you're missing a couple of dependencies with Ubuntu that are needed to install sf and lwgeom. We build areal on Travis CI using Linux, so it is absolutely possible. Here is our Travis install script for Linux - that should give you a roadmap to get the dependencies in place.

[chris-prener]

Hey @sjsrey - wanted to check in and see if you have any additional issues getting the package installed?

[sjsrey]

Just finished getting the dependencies installed. The most intricate one, on Debian, was lwgeom, but the solution was eventually found. Will be exploring areal in the next few days.

[chris-prener]

Great - glad to hear it @sjsrey!