Please point out the point that I am missing:
openSUSE 11.3
xx@linux-y3pi:~/Desktop/R> sudo R CMD INSTALL rgdal_0.7-12.tar.g
Read the reference manual.
SystemRequirements for building from source: GDAL >= 1.6.0 library from http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadSource and PROJ.4 (proj >= 4.4.9) from http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/;