Install sf from source on CentOS/RHEL 7

install-sf.sh

# Install sf from source on CentOS/RHEL 7. Tested with sf 0.9-6 on R 3.6.3.

yum update -y

# Pre-reqs: gcc, gcc-c++, make
yum install -y gcc gcc-c++ make

# Install EPEL 7
yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

# Install sf pre-reqs (note that proj-epsg is also required)
yum install -y geos-devel proj-devel proj-epsg udunits2-devel

# Install GDAL 2.x from source (replace VERSION with any other release from https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadSource)
VERSION=2.3.2
curl -O https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/${VERSION}/gdal-${VERSION}.tar.gz
tar -xzvf gdal-${VERSION}.tar.gz
cd gdal-${VERSION}
./configure  # Use --prefix to install to a custom location (defaults to /usr/local/lib)
make
make install

# Install sf
R -e 'install.packages("sf", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org")'

# Test that the sf install worked
R -e 'library(sf)'

## > library(sf)
## Linking to GEOS 3.4.2, GDAL 2.3.2, PROJ 4.8.0

# Cleanup
cd ..
rm -rf gdal-${VERSION} gdal-${VERSION}.tar.gz