What do you have installed as far as libcurl goes? Would you mind listing your packages and greping for libcurl entries.
Perhaps I need some libcurl debs installed when I install r-base? On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] -- http://about.michaeljcoyne.me _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
