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How to install R pachages in R studio - UBUNTU 16.4 Linux Without ERROR

I am using Ubuntu 16.4.LTS 32 bit OS in R Studio....... while installing R Packeges comming Error message as following

ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘XML’ * removing ‘/home/insilico/R/i686-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.3/XML’ * installing source package ‘RCurl’ ... ** package ‘RCurl’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked checking for curl-config... no Cannot find curl-config

and also coming Update all/some/none? [a/s/n]: .......here what should i give ?

and further

Would you like to use a personal library instead? (y/n)........here what should do?

please help me.

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updated by atsalaki • atsalaki • written by insilicobrain • insilicobrain

install curl-config using apt-get

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written by russhh russhh

Almost, I believe he needs "libcurl4-openssl-dev".

To install, run in terminal sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

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written by WouterDeCoster WouterDeCoster

this is the correct answer

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written by Neilfws Neilfws

I tried , but this message comming.................

insilico@insilico:~$ sudo apt-get install curl-config Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package curl-config

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written by insilicobrain • insilicobrain

Then use the command in my comment above.

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written by WouterDeCoster WouterDeCoster

Hello insilicobrain!

We believe that this post does not fit the main topic of this site.

Not a bioinformatics question.

For this reason we have closed your question. This allows us to keep the site focused on the topics that the community can help with.

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written by Michael Dondrup Michael Dondrup

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Try this http://askubuntu.com/questions/386887/install-curl-ubuntu-12-04 it worked for me months ago

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