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

Sorry, this was a bug in the r-cran-rcurl package in Debian. We eventually corrected it in the Debian distribution unstable, testing, and more recently stable (Jessie 8.2). In Ubuntu it is fixed in wily. Sorry for the problem, and thanks for using Debian or its derivatives !