Re: [R-sig-Debian] Configure error: checking if libcurl supports https... no --- SOLVED

2021-08-31 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Rolf, Glad you're sorted out, and I concur in the thanks to Ivan (and Johannes and other who patiently helped). To me, the take-away message is that /usr/local wins generally, not just in your $PATH (or, say, in R's library path) but also for configure and friends so ... it opens the door for s

Re: [R-sig-Debian] Configure error: checking if libcurl supports https... no --- SOLVED

2021-08-31 Thread Rolf Turner
On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:10:16 +0200 Ivan Krylov wrote: > Hello Rolf, > > Thanks for the config.log! I think we do have a path forward, but > there might be some more problems on the way. > > Here's the relevant part of config.log: > http://paste.debian.net/hidden/a0821b3c > > This system is i

Re: [R-sig-Debian] Configure error: checking if libcurl supports https... no

2021-08-31 Thread Ivan Krylov
Hello Rolf, Thanks for the config.log! I think we do have a path forward, but there might be some more problems on the way. Here's the relevant part of config.log: http://paste.debian.net/hidden/a0821b3c/ This system is in a tricky state. There's libcurl and maybe some other software in /usr/loc

Re: [R-sig-Debian] Configure error: checking if libcurl supports https... no --- slight update.

2021-08-31 Thread Johannes Ranke
> > I don't think so. I did "sudo find /usr -name "*curl*" -print". The > > results are attached in the file "curlSearch.txt". > > Good thought as far as I can tell. Unfortunately the attachment didn't get > through. Oh, I just overlooked the attachement, it did get through. The listing clearly

Re: [R-sig-Debian] Configure error: checking if libcurl supports https... no --- slight update.

2021-08-31 Thread Johannes Ranke
Am Dienstag, 31. August 2021, 01:47:14 CEST schrieb Rolf Turner: > On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:00:34 +0200 ... > > But it seems you still have a curl/libcurl version in /usr/local that > > you should get rid of, as it gets in the way of configuring R. > > I don't think so. I did "sudo find /usr -n