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On September 6, 2017 3:29:41 PM PDT, Ben Tupper <btupper at 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
>
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>Ben
>
>
>
>> On Sep 6, 2017, at 2:52 PM, john polo <jpolo at 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
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Feed a man to a red dragon
>> and he'll be silent for a lifetime."
>> -Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie
>>
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