R SIG Debian - Nov 2015 - Install R on Ubuntu with libcurl support

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.

Thanks for any help!

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 at 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 at max:~$

Dirk

-- 
http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org

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 <edd at debian.org>
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 at 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 at max:~$
>
> Dirk
>
> --
> http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org


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