[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

[Prof J C Nash (U30A)]

As another post has suggested, r-sig-debian may be more help.

However, it looks like you need to install a different package from the
one you tried. See

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1774516

about getting libcurl on 12.04.

FYI Ubuntu 12.04 is now getting dated, and I've found people using it
get similar problems to that you encountered -- i.e., packages that more
up to date distros use are not available, or those that are available
don't have all the features needed. Maybe time to upgrade.

JN


On 15-05-01 06:00 AM, r-help-request at r-project.org wrote:
> Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 00:50:38 +0530
> From: Anirudh Jayaraman <anirudhj at igidr.ac.in>
> To: Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
> 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
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> 
> In that case, it seems that *libcurl* is not available for R-3.2.0 as I get
> a message for
> 
> *>* *install.packages("libcurl")*
> 
>   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
> 
> 
> *________________________________________________________*
> *Anirudh Jayaraman*
> M.Sc Economics (2014-16)
> Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai
> Ph No: +91 9560476729