Trouble installing swirl on ubuntu 16.04, R 3.2.3 (appears to be the latest version)

[alxpopa]

I have already tried the steps at [https://github.com/swirldev/swirl/wiki/Installing-swirl-on-Linux], including step 4 (libcurl4-openssl-dev is already the newest version (7.47.0-1ubuntu2).)

I get the following message when trying to install swirl:

install.packages("swirl")
Installing package into ‘/home/alex/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.2’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
also installing the dependencies ‘openssl’, ‘httr’

--2016-06-24 02:05:20-- https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/openssl_0.9.4.tar.gz
Resolving cran.rstudio.com (cran.rstudio.com)... 54.192.45.189
Connecting to cran.rstudio.com (cran.rstudio.com)|54.192.45.189|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1165388 (1,1M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘/tmp/RtmpNmFBIZ/downloaded_packages/openssl_0.9.4.tar.gz’

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2016-06-24 02:05:21 (3,13 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/RtmpNmFBIZ/downloaded_packages/openssl_0.9.4.tar.gz’ saved [1165388/1165388]

--2016-06-24 02:05:21-- https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/httr_1.2.0.tar.gz
Resolving cran.rstudio.com (cran.rstudio.com)... 54.192.45.189
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HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 133324 (130K) [application/x-gzip]
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2016-06-24 02:05:21 (884 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/RtmpNmFBIZ/downloaded_packages/httr_1.2.0.tar.gz’ saved [133324/133324]

--2016-06-24 02:05:21-- https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/swirl_2.4.2.tar.gz
Resolving cran.rstudio.com (cran.rstudio.com)... 54.192.45.189
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HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 98565 (96K) [application/x-gzip]
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2016-06-24 02:05:21 (867 KB/s) - ‘/tmp/RtmpNmFBIZ/downloaded_packages/swirl_2.4.2.tar.gz’ saved [98565/98565]

• installing source package ‘openssl’ ...
  ** package ‘openssl’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
  Using PKG_CFLAGS=
  Using PKG_LIBS=-lssl -lcrypto
  ------------------------- ANTICONF ERROR ---------------------------
  Configuration failed because openssl was not found. Try installing:
  • deb: libssl-dev (Debian, Ubuntu, etc)
  • rpm: openssl-devel (Fedora, CentOS, RHEL)
  • csw: libssl_dev (Solaris)

  • brew: openssl (Mac OSX)
    If openssl is already installed, check that 'pkg-config' is in your
    PATH and PKG_CONFIG_PATH contains a openssl.pc file. If pkg-config
    is unavailable you can set INCLUDE_DIR and LIB_DIR manually via:
    R CMD INSTALL --configure-vars='INCLUDE_DIR=... LIB_DIR=...'

    ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘openssl’
• removing ‘/home/alex/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.2/openssl’
  Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘openssl’ had non-zero exit status
  ERROR: dependency ‘openssl’ is not available for package ‘httr’
• removing ‘/home/alex/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.2/httr’
  Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘httr’ had non-zero exit status
  ERROR: dependency ‘httr’ is not available for package ‘swirl’
• removing ‘/home/alex/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.2/swirl’
  Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘swirl’ had non-zero exit status

The downloaded source packages are in
‘/tmp/RtmpNmFBIZ/downloaded_packages’

[seankross]

What happens if you install httr on its own?

[alxpopa]

Hey Sean, thanks for your reply!
I already attempted installing httr and libssl-dev, but I get the following:

install.packages("httr")
Installing package into ‘/home/alex/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.2’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
also installing the dependency ‘openssl’

--2016-06-25 16:17:35-- https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/openssl_0.9.4.tar.gz
Resolving cran.rstudio.com (cran.rstudio.com)... 54.192.45.189
Connecting to cran.rstudio.com (cran.rstudio.com)|54.192.45.189|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1165388 (1,1M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘/tmp/RtmpCDSN7C/downloaded_packages/openssl_0.9.4.tar.gz’

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2016-06-25 16:17:36 (1,92 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/RtmpCDSN7C/downloaded_packages/openssl_0.9.4.tar.gz’ saved [1165388/1165388]

--2016-06-25 16:17:36-- https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/httr_1.2.0.tar.gz
Resolving cran.rstudio.com (cran.rstudio.com)... 54.192.45.189
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HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 133324 (130K) [application/x-gzip]
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2016-06-25 16:17:36 (1,03 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/RtmpCDSN7C/downloaded_packages/httr_1.2.0.tar.gz’ saved [133324/133324]

• installing source package ‘openssl’ ...
  ** package ‘openssl’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
  Using PKG_CFLAGS=
  Using PKG_LIBS=-lssl -lcrypto
  ------------------------- ANTICONF ERROR ---------------------------
  Configuration failed because openssl was not found. Try installing:
  • deb: libssl-dev (Debian, Ubuntu, etc)
  • rpm: openssl-devel (Fedora, CentOS, RHEL)
  • csw: libssl_dev (Solaris)

  • brew: openssl (Mac OSX)
    If openssl is already installed, check that 'pkg-config' is in your
    PATH and PKG_CONFIG_PATH contains a openssl.pc file. If pkg-config
    is unavailable you can set INCLUDE_DIR and LIB_DIR manually via:
    R CMD INSTALL --configure-vars='INCLUDE_DIR=... LIB_DIR=...'

    ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘openssl’
• removing ‘/home/alex/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.2/openssl’
  Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘openssl’ had non-zero exit status
  ERROR: dependency ‘openssl’ is not available for package ‘httr’
• removing ‘/home/alex/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.2/httr’
  Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘httr’ had non-zero exit status

The downloaded source packages are in
‘/tmp/RtmpCDSN7C/downloaded_packages’

When trying to install libssl-dev I get this:

install.packages("libssl-dev")
Installing package into ‘/home/alex/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.2’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning in install.packages :
package ‘libssl-dev’ is not available (for R version 3.2.3)

I checked on the CRAN website, and I believe the current R version is 3.3.xx, but when I attempt to update R I am told 3.2.3 is the current version. What should I do?

Thanks!

[alxpopa]

Hey @seankross,
Any suggestions? I am eager to continue with the next step in the course.
Thanks!

[seankross]

libssl-dev isn't an R package, you need to install it with apt-get. Have you tried installing libssl-dev on the command line?

[alxpopa]

I'm still an ubuntu noob. Everything worked now. Thank you!

[soumenms2015]

Hello mralexpopa how did your problem get resolved as I am facing almost similar issues like yours?

[soumenms2015]

worked... Thanks !!!

[sumau]

Worked for me too thanks!

[saigoochang]

Use the following command to install libssl-dev in a command-line terminal:

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

Then go back to R or Rstudio, use the standard commands to install and launch swirl:

install.packages("swirl")
library(swirl)
swirl()

Swirl should launch and proceed to install the course you want to take. Enjoy!

[ccontipe]

Thanks saigoochang! I've been trying to solve this "swirl" problem for over 6months and never did it...until now!

Tks

[rrrongon]

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev worked perfectly. from last couple of days, i tried many things and internet is full of other confusing ways.

Thanks a lot saigoochang

[stynejohn]

@rrrongon @ccontipe
installing libssl-dev failed. The error is
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
zlib1g-dev
Install these packages without verification? [y/N]
E: Some packages could not be authenticated

[tungttnguyen]

@seankross : can you update the wiki to include the needed step: sudo apt-get install libssl-dev ? Thanks!

[saigoochang]

I am unable to update the wiki page, please go ahead.