Converting kml to shape (readOGR)

Hi,

I've been trying to convert a vector kml-file to an ESRI shape with readOGR(), but I don't manage to read the kml-file. Can anyone help me with this? 

http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html mentions at KML that "read 
support needs libexpat". Further it says "KML reading is only available 
if GDAL/OGR is built with the Expat XML Parser, otherwise only KML 
writing will be supported."

Maybe this was missing while your gdal/rgdal was built?
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Edzer
Thnx,

Henk Sierdsema

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Converting kml to shape (readOGR)

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