R 3.1.1中的RCurl安装：软件包“ RCurl”不可用（对于R版本3.1.1）？

Question

It says in Cran that RCurl should be for R >3.0.0 but R 3.1.1 in Debian Jessie fires the error:

package 'RCurl' is not available (for R version 3)

the same problem with rjson. The dependencies are libcurl and make that are installed. What is the problem with R 3.1.1 in installing the libcurl packages such as RCurl? How to overcome this the most convenient way?

Ps I know this thread but any method did not solve this issue.

Answer 1

Apt-get install the 3.1.1 R version by default, for example in Debian Jessie. We can either install the newest version of R with the newest RCurl or install the archived version of RCurl working in R 3.1.1.

Solution A

You can install the newest version, source , such that

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/debian jessie-cran3/" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 381BA480

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev

and now you can install RCurl in R, working in R 3.3.2.

Solution B

Install the Curl from the CRAN Archieves matching the 3.1.1 R, apparently this here as suggested by Imo in the comment.