Re: unmet dependencies: libcurl4-openssl-dev
On Fri, Feb 06 2015,Brian wrote:
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> It is good that you have provided sufficient information in this thread
> to be able to follow in your footsteps as I am now able to reproduce
> your problem.
>
> My sources list has the security entry followed by kartolo lines for
> wheezy and wheezy-backports. The mirror used for the second two lines is
> of no consequence.
>
> I installed emacs24:
>
> apt-get -t wheezy-backports install emacs24
>
> Then
>
> apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
>
> produces exactly the same outcome you describe in your first post.
Thanks for helping me out. Appreciate your follow ups with a new user
like me.
>
> I never use backports so am not overly familiar with its operation or
> how it fits with the rest of the archives. However, this does not look
> like something that should happen. If we understood what is happening
> we can produce a solution. (Other than purging emacs24 :)).
>
err....purging Emacs24? The only reason I added backports was to get
the latest release of Emacs. Well, I'd probably give up on doing
anything with Rcurl/libcurl CRAN library which is a small price to
pay. It's not like I don't know wget and shell escapes to scrape
websites.
Again, thanks for the help, appreciated.
sivaram
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