Ethan Chang
2011-Apr-03 09:58 UTC
[R-sig-Debian] problem in install RCurl in R (Ubuntu Linux)
I have some problem in running R-cran's Demography package. The hmd.mx function need Rcurl. I tried to install RCurl, but meet the following error: ********************************************************************* ... * installing *source* package ?RCurl? ... checking for curl-config... no Cannot find curl-config ERROR: configuration failed for package ?RCurl? * removing ?/home/z/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/RCurl? ... ************************************************************* How to fix the problem? Ethan Chang
Michael Rutter
2011-Apr-03 12:16 UTC
[R-sig-Debian] problem in install RCurl in R (Ubuntu Linux)
On 04/03/2011 05:58 AM, Ethan Chang wrote:> I have some problem in running R-cran's Demography package. > The hmd.mx function need Rcurl. I tried to install RCurl, but meet the following error: > ********************************************************************* > ... > * installing *source* package ?RCurl? ... > checking for curl-config... no > Cannot find curl-config > ERROR: configuration failed for package ?RCurl? > * removing ?/home/z/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/2.12/RCurl? > ... > ************************************************************* > How to fix the problem? > Ethan ChangEthan, This line:> checking for curl-config... nois an indication that Ubuntu is looking for a file and cannot find it. Many times, you need to install the foo-dev package, where foo is the name of an Ubuntu package that shares part of the name of the missing file. To solve these types of problems, enter 'curl-config' into the 'Search the contents of packages' search box at packages.ubuntu.com You will find two possible sources: libcurl4-gnutls-dev and libcurl4-openssl-dev. I would try installing the libcurl4-gnutls-dev and see if that solves your problem. Michael -- Dr. Michael A. Rutter School of Science Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Station Road Erie, PA 16563 math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/rutter