[R-sig-Debian] Install R on Ubuntu with libcurl support

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

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

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