R SIG Debian - Nov 2015 - Problems with r-cran-rcurl in Trusty and Vivid. (Re: Install R on Ubuntu with libcurl support)

For precise, from which you should really upgrade, you need to look at the
very `help(options)` I pointed you to and select _the external curl or wget_
as the method for `download.file()`.

Dirk

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Yeah, I get what you're saying. Using the external methods should
resolve my issue.

Thanks so much!!

On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org>
wrote:
>
> For precise, from which you should really upgrade, you need to look at the
> very `help(options)` I pointed you to and select _the external curl or
wget_
> as the method for `download.file()`.
>
> Dirk
>
> --
> http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org


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Hello everybody,

by the way, speaking about the r-cran-rcurl package in Ubuntu, the versions in
trusty and vivid are linked by error to the "NSS" flavour of libcurl3
instead
of the "OpenSSL flavour", which cause at least problems when using the
CRAN
devtools package.  A bit more details are available in the Debian bug tracking
system (https://bugs.debian.org/786473).  I am not sure if the Ubuntu packages
can be easily corrected, but if there is an interest, please let me know and I
will try.

Have a nice day,

Charles

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Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan