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ERROR: Unable to install RCurl package. Cannot find curl-config.

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Problem

The following error occurs when installing RCurl package in a RedHat Linux environment:
checking for curl-config... no 
Cannot find curl-config 
ERROR: configuration failed for package RCurl

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Solution

This error pertains to a missing rpm package called libcurl. To verify if you have it installed on your environment, please use the following command:
rpm -qa | grep -i libcurl

There should be two packages showing on the output. If one or none of this packages are present, just use yum to install it:
yum install libcurlyum install libcurl-devel
yum install libcurl-devel

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Article Info
Article ID : 3103810
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 11/1/2015
Exists online : False
Views : 71