Baseline triage | gdal_global_reg_names() returns character(0) | LoadLibrary failure when loading gdalraster | ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'osgeo_utils' | CRS / projection errors despite GDAL loading | Download failures during install_gdal_runtime() | install_gdalraster() reports "source install did not produce an installed package" | After a GDAL version upgrade
Package: gdalraster.windows 0.2.1
gdalraster.windows: Windows GDAL Runtime and gdalraster Bootstrap Tools
Installs and activates a self-contained GDAL runtime on Windows and provides helpers to install gdalraster from source against that GDAL instead of the default Rtools GDAL.
Authors:
gdalraster.windows_0.2.1.tar.gz
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gdalraster.windows_0.2.1.tgz(r-4.6-any)gdalraster.windows_0.2.1.tgz(r-4.5-any)
gdalraster.windows_0.2.1.tar.gz(r-4.7-any)gdalraster.windows_0.2.1.tar.gz(r-4.6-any)
gdalraster.windows_0.2.1.tgz(r-4.6-emscripten)
manual.pdf |manual.html✨
DESCRIPTION |NEWS
card.svg |card.png
gdalraster.windows/json (API)
| # Install 'gdalraster.windows' in R: |
| install.packages('gdalraster.windows', repos = c('https://jimbrig.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org')) |
Bug tracker:https://github.com/jimbrig/gdalraster.windows/issues
Pkgdown/docs site:https://docs.jimbrig.com
Last updated from:e72e735a45. Checks:6 OK, 3 ERROR. Indexed: yes.
| Target | Result | Time | Files | Syslog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux-devel-x86_64 | OK | 176 | ||
| source / vignettes | OK | 176 | ||
| linux-release-x86_64 | OK | 180 | ||
| macos-release-arm64 | OK | 113 | ||
| macos-oldrel-arm64 | OK | 127 | ||
| windows-devel | ERROR | 83 | ||
| windows-release | ERROR | 88 | ||
| windows-oldrel | ERROR | 66 | ||
| wasm-release | OK | 155 |
Exports:activate_gdal_runtimeadd_gdal_rprofile_hookconfigure_gdal_homegdal_homegdal_rprofile_snippetinstall_gdal_runtimeinstall_gdalrasterload_gdal_dllload_gdalrasterverify_gdalraster_runtime
Dependencies:askpassclicurlgluehttr2lifecyclemagrittropensslR6rappdirsrlangsysvctrswithr
Troubleshooting
Last update: 2026-06-28
Started: 2026-06-09
Using gdalraster.windows on Windows
What this package does | Quick start | Offline / air-gapped install | Embedded-python algorithms | Default install behavior | Troubleshooting basics | Background reading
Last update: 2026-06-09
Started: 2026-05-26
GDAL Runtime Architecture on Windows
The root problem | Toolchain stack | Why gdalraster must be rebuilt from source | Key build flags | Dependency closure: collect_dlls.sh | Runtime activation: why loading needs help | The embedded Python layer | Compile-time vs runtime paths | Reproducing the bundle | Upstream references
Last update: 2026-06-09
Started: 2026-06-09
Readme and manuals
Help Manual
| Help page | Topics |
|---|---|
| Activate GDAL runtime for current R session | activate_gdal_runtime |
| Add or update an .Rprofile hook for bundled GDAL | add_gdal_rprofile_hook |
| Configure GDAL home for current session | configure_gdal_home |
| Resolve active GDAL home path | gdal_home |
| Build an .Rprofile hook snippet for bundled GDAL | gdal_rprofile_snippet |
| Install precompiled GDAL runtime | install_gdal_runtime |
| Install gdalraster from source against bundled GDAL | install_gdalraster |
| Load GDAL DLL from runtime bundle | load_gdal_dll |
| Load gdalraster using bundled GDAL runtime | load_gdalraster |
| Verify gdalraster algorithm API availability | verify_gdalraster_runtime |
