devtools::install_github Error in function (type, msg, asError = TRUE) :

Question

I\'m trying to install a package via devtools::install_github for the first time

l@np350v5c:~$ R --vanilla
> library(devtools)

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Answer 1

Actually, I had the same issue and after installing RCurl it worked.

In order to install RCurl in ubuntu, write the following in your terminal:

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

Then in R:

install.packages('RCurl')

And that's it!