Can't install.packages("RCurl") in R. Missing libcurl-dev?

[macieksk]

I can't install package RCurl in R and other packages depending on it.
I suppose the problem is missing package libcurl-dev.

Or possibly libcurl4-openssl-dev needs to be installed specifically.

install.packages("RCurl")

Installing package into ‘/projects/e45b7bab-3a7e-4939-a0ec-2081b92505b1/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/3.0’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
trying URL 'http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/RCurl_1.95-4.1.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 870915 bytes (850 Kb)
opened URL
==================================================
downloaded 850 Kb

* installing *source* package ‘RCurl’ ...
** package ‘RCurl’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
checking for curl-config... no
Cannot find curl-config
ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘RCurl’
* removing ‘/projects/e45b7bab-3a7e-4939-a0ec-2081b92505b1/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/3.0/RCurl’

The downloaded source packages are in
    ‘/tmp/RtmpZ0LaMy/downloaded_packages’
Warning message:
In install.packages("RCurl") :
  installation of package ‘RCurl’ had non-zero exit status

In shell:

~$ locate curl-config
~$ locate libcurl | head
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.so.3
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.so.4
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.so.4.2.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.3
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4.2.0

Relevant RCurl installation help: http://www.omegahat.org/RCurl/FAQ.html

[macieksk]

I solved it by locally installing libcurl4-openssl-dev, and modyfing RCurl/src/Makevars.in.

Installing new R packages in general requires -dev versions of libraries.

aptitude download libcurl4-openssl-dev
mkdir libcurl4-openssl-dev
dpkg-deb -x libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.22.0-3ubuntu4.7_amd64.deb libcurl4-openssl-dev
cd libcurl4-openssl-dev/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
ln -sf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4.2.0 libcurl.so
cd ../../
cp -r include/curl  ~/.sagemathcloud/data/local/include/
cp -r lib/x86_64-linux-gnu ~/.sagemathcloud/data/local/lib/curl
cp -r bin/* ~/.sagemathcloud/data/local/bin/
cp -r bin ~/
cp -r include ~/
cp -r lib ~/

Download RCurl:

wget http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/RCurl_1.95-4.1.tar.gz
tar xvzf RCurl_1.95-4.1.tar.gz 
vim RCurl/src/Makevars.in

Change lines with proper /projects/proj_homedir:

PKG_CPPFLAGS=$(CURL_CFLAGS) $(DEFINES) $(shell xml2-config --cflags) -I/projects/e4_proj_homedir/.sagemathcloud/data/local/include
PKG_LIBS=$(CURL_LIBS) $(shell xml2-config --libs) -L/projects/e4_proj_homedir/.sagemathcloud/data/local/lib/curl

Finally install RCurl in sage R:

sage -R CMD INSTALL RCurl

[salamon-aska]

the same question~

solution as follower

sudo apt-get install aptitude

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev

[haraldschilly]

RCurl is installed by default in sage 6.7 on SMC

[orazs]

hi there
maybe my experience will be handful for someone.
so, after facing error message about dependency try to run:
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev
most likely, you will will face this message again, next step is:
apt-get -f install
and finally repeat step one.

[JackieMium]

sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev solved the problem. Thanks guys!

[JulienPascal]

I applied the solution from @salamon-aska and now it works fine. Thanks.

[PoojaBabu]

sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev Using this gives me an error, I need to install twitteR and it has curl package as dependency. I keep getting this error---- Error: unexpected symbol in "sudo apt"

[haraldschilly]

@retrodata please send us a support request by clicking on "help" and don't bother with this ticket here. The library is already installed, though.

[PoojaBabu]

Thank you. I posted my question. What do you mean by "library already installed"?
I will provide you some context to my problem:
I am trying to install "twitteR" and "ROAuth" packages for R version 3.3.1. The installations are not successful due to other dependencies involved like installing "curl"package. Installing "curl" also turns out  unsuccessful .I am unable to figure what the problem is and how to solve it. Is there a path that needs to be fixed? If yes, how do I do that? It says -package ‘libcurl4-openssl-dev’ is not available (for R version 3.3.1)

[haraldschilly]

Where did you post it? I mean to contact support, or email to help@sagemath.com ... we also need to know your project ID.

Besides that, dpkg -L libcurl4-openssl-dev shows you all the installed files, so it is installed.

[PoojaBabu]

Oh! I misunderstood what you said and posted to RStudio support. I have mailed my problem to help@sagemath.com , I don't have any project ID. I am a beginner in R and familiarizing myself with the language. I have posted my query here as I am facing similar problem to the issue being discussed.

[haraldschilly]

Well, this issue is only for the https://cloud.sagemath.com platform and that help address for issues with it. We don't give (commercial) support for your own private R endeavours 😉

[PoojaBabu]

Oh! I am sorry , I didn't realize that. Thank you for your time to reply back.