Re: unmet dependencies: libcurl4-openssl-dev
On Mon, Feb 09 2015,Brian wrote:
> On Sun 08 Feb 2015 at 18:45:16 +0530, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:
>
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>> 1. Do I have to uninstall & reinstall the cran packages, Rstudio before
>> proceeding? And this needs to be done from backports?
>
> No uninstallation is necessary when you get libcurl4-openssl-dev from
> backports.
That's a relief.
>
>> 2. Will this impact Rstudio installation if the R install is from
>> backports?
>
> You may have more confidence in the outcome if you read and noted what
> is said about backports on the rstudio site. I believe the answer is
> "no".
This is one "no" I'm happy about.
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>> I think I'm confused whether I should remember that some bits of
>> software are from backports and it's incumbent on me to track all this
>> while upgrading to Jessie or installing anything else from stable. I
>> really don't want to do that and if Debian takes care of the magic in
>> the background, that'd be wonderful.
>
> Change "wheezy" to "jessie" in sources.list for all archives. Update,
> upgrade and finally dist-upgrade with apt-get. This is all the magic you
> require. :)
Oh good! Miracles do happen in this time and age. ;)
sivaram
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