[R] 'Installation of package <package> had non-zero exit status' on R-3.2.0 (RStudio Version 0.98.1103) on Ubuntu 12.04 OS

[Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Duncan
> Murdoch
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 1:33 PM
> To: Anirudh Jayaraman
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] 'Installation of package <package> had non-zero exit
> status' on R-3.2.0 (RStudio Version 0.98.1103) on Ubuntu 12.04 OS
> 
> On 30/04/2015 3:20 PM, Anirudh Jayaraman wrote:
> > In that case, it seems that *libcurl* is not available for R-3.2.0 as
> I
> > get a message for
> >
> > *>* *install.packages("libcurl")*
> 
> It's not an R package, it's a library that you'll need on your system.
> 
> >
> >   package ‘libcurl’ is not available (for R version 3.2.0)
> >
> > Or if on Terminal I run
> >
> > *sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev*
> >
> > Package libcurl4-openssl-dev is not available, but is referred to by
> > another package.
> > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> > is only available from another source
> 
> That sounds like a problem you'll need to ask about on an Ubuntu forum,
> not R-help.  Once you get the library installed so that the curl-config
> command works for you (outside of R), you should be able to install the
> RCurl package in R.
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
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Or maybe even better, the r-sig-debian list.  They are very helpful with R and Ubuntu issues.

https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian


Hope this is helpful,

Dan

Daniel J. Nordlund
Research and Data Analysis Division
Services & Enterprise Support Administration
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services