Ubuntu 16.04 R Installation: configure: gdal-config not found or not executable

Question

System info:

Ubuntu 16.04
64 bit

I\'m trying to install rgdal_1.2-16.tar.gz for a research project. I looked here and did

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Answer 1

You have to install gdal, proj & geos on your Linux system.

 sudo apt-get install libgdal1-dev gdal-bin libproj-dev proj-data proj-bin libgeos-dev

To compile yourself, see this script (backup)

Edit: For Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic or Mint 19 Tara

 sudo apt-get install libgdal-dev gdal-bin libproj-dev proj-data proj-bin libgeos-dev