Thank you for this advice, I'm going to try changing my list of software sources.
On 31 May 2015 at 23:26, George N. White III <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Abed W. Ayyad < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Dirk et al, >> >> What I've tried is to install libgeos-dev: >> sudo apt-get install libgeos-dev >> > > I had no problem installing tmap on my Linux Mint 17.1 system: > > $ cat /etc/lsb-release > DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint > DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.1 > DISTRIB_CODENAME=rebecca > DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca" > > $ apt-cache show libgeos-dev > Package: libgeos-dev > Priority: optional > Section: universe/libdevel > Installed-Size: 389 > Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> > Original-Maintainer: Debian GIS Project < > [email protected]> > Architecture: amd64 > Source: geos > Version: 3.4.2-4ubuntu1 > Depends: libgeos-c1 (= 3.4.2-4ubuntu1) > Suggests: libgdal-doc > Filename: pool/universe/g/geos/libgeos-dev_3.4.2-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb > Size: 58388 > MD5sum: cbe65f77f3d3116efe6c07ad47fc3580 > SHA1: 7ec397bfd27cdabee21a21ed846e618b6df3b0e1 > SHA256: 23610755d31948bfc22b46af7df3fea058850e2d07028ecec2e22e1308bd3734 > Description-en_CA: Geometry engine for GIS - Development files > GEOS provides a spatial object model and fundamental geometric functions. > It implements the geometry model defined in the OpenGIS Consortium Simple > Features Specification for SQL. > . > This package contains the headers and libraries needed to develop programs > using GEOS. > Description-md5: 3f1f0c4d5fc2ab9465b9947eec04cda4 > Homepage: http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ > Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug > Origin: Ubuntu > > > Check "Software Sources". There should be in the Mirrors section > for "Main (rebecca)" and "Base (trusty)". > "Base" is for Mint-specifc packages, but the vast majority > just come from "Main", which is Ubuntu trusty. > > I have had problems with mirror sites that weren't being maintained, so > I suggest you try selecting a different site for the Base packages. > > > >> >> Which gives me, even after adding the ubuntugis-unstable PPA: >> E: Unable to locate package libgeos-dev >> >> So I'm a little stuck at the moment. I'm trying to install TMAP on >> R-Studio, which requires a number of packages all of which rely on the >> libgeos-dev being in place, and I can't seem to find it. >> >> Many thanks again and in advance, >> >> Abed >> >> On 31 May 2015 at 16:20, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > On 31 May 2015 at 09:48, Abed W. Ayyad wrote: >> > | Copied and sent from another address: >> > | >> > | >> > | On 31 May 2015 at 09:43, Abed W. Ayyad <[email protected]> wrote: >> > | >> > | > To the R-Sig-Debian list: >> > | > >> > | > Hello, this is my first post to the list and I hope that making it >> > short >> > | > and swift does not make it come across as abrupt or rude. >> > | > >> > | > I'm having trouble installing the TMAP package on R-Studio on my >> build >> > of >> > | > Linux Mint. I was able to narrow this down to the lack of the >> > libgeos-dev >> > | > library, which I tried to install via the terminal, but I constantly >> > get >> > | > the "unable to locate package" error. I've also changed/added >> > repositories >> > | > several times over the past week or so. >> > >> > Exactly what did you try? >> > >> > My system has libgeos-dev. At the prompt: >> > >> > edd@max:~$ apt-cache show libgeos-dev >> > Package: libgeos-dev >> > Priority: optional >> > Section: universe/libdevel >> > Installed-Size: 403 >> > Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> >> > Original-Maintainer: Debian GIS Project < >> > [email protected]> >> > Architecture: amd64 >> > Source: geos >> > Version: 3.4.2-6build1 >> > Depends: libgeos-c1 (= 3.4.2-6build1) >> > Suggests: libgdal-doc >> > Filename: pool/universe/g/geos/libgeos-dev_3.4.2-6build1_amd64.deb >> > Size: 60386 >> > MD5sum: de32c018df4d9e4bad8e52e7fc8cd610 >> > SHA1: 2a0bfb9b45dfac27f5dd50afc826619e1b3b9f87 >> > SHA256: 998ce25887b62c1ad9ea0829e0306295df6f380bc83a8f5e136246bc46631c45 >> > Description-en: Geometry engine for GIS - Development files >> > GEOS provides a spatial object model and fundamental geometric >> > functions. It implements the geometry model defined in the >> > OpenGIS Consortium Simple Features Specification for SQL. >> > . >> > This package contains the headers and libraries needed to >> > develop programs using GEOS. >> > Description-md5: 3f1f0c4d5fc2ab9465b9947eec04cda4 >> > Homepage: http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ >> > Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug >> > Origin: Ubuntu >> > >> > edd@max:~$ apt-cache policy libgeos-dev >> > libgeos-dev: >> > Installed: 3.4.2-6build1 >> > Candidate: 3.4.2-6build1 >> > Version table: >> > *** 3.4.2-6build1 0 >> > 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 >> > Packages >> > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >> > edd@max:~$ >> > >> > This shows that if I did >> > >> > sudo apt-get install libgeos-dev >> > >> > it would istall version 3.4.2-6build1 from the main ubuntu archive. >> > >> > | > Is there anything that can be done for this problem? Has the >> > libgeos-dev >> > | > library been taken off of the repositories? >> > >> > I do not know what Mint does but I doubt it. >> > >> > Dirk >> > >> > | > Best regards, >> > | > >> > | > Abed Ayyad >> > | > >> > | > -- >> > | > For very rudimentary descriptive statistics on Doha: >> > | > http://notesfromdoha.blogspot.com/ >> > | > >> > | >> > | >> > | >> > | -- >> > | For very rudimentary descriptive statistics on Doha: >> > | http://notesfromdoha.blogspot.com/ >> > | >> > | [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > | >> > | _______________________________________________ >> > | R-SIG-Debian mailing list >> > | [email protected] >> > | https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian >> > >> > -- >> > http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | [email protected] >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> For very rudimentary descriptive statistics on Doha: >> http://notesfromdoha.blogspot.com/ >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Debian mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian >> > > > > -- > George N. 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