On 5 November 2015 at 11:11, Michael Coyne wrote: | Hello, | | I'm install R from a package off of | https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/. The install works fine | but it does not support libcurl as indicated by executing | "capabilities('libcurl')". As such, I cannot install packages from | HTTPS sources. | | How can I install R from a package with libcurl support? Is this | possible or do I need to manually build R from source and compile it | with libcurl support directly.
Read the README in that very directory, ie at https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ and install the pre-built R: R> capabilities()["libcurl"] libcurl TRUE R> I am using edd@max:~$ COLUMNS=72 dpkg -l | grep "ii r-base" ii r-base-core 3.2.2-1vivid amd64 GNU R core of statistical computa ii r-base-core-db 3.2.2-1vivid amd64 GNU R debug symbols for statistic ii r-base-dev 3.2.2-1vivid all GNU R installation of auxiliary G ii r-base-html 3.2.2-1vivid all GNU R html docs for statistical c edd@max:~$ Dirk -- http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | [email protected] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
