installation of package ‘devtools’ had non-zero exit status on Ubuntu

Question

I\'m trying to install devtools in a PowerPC with a R version 3.1.1 but failed at the end because the curl library:

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Answer 1

This error was happening when I was using 3.0.2. I updated the R, now It is fine. I also spent the one day to find the solution. I tried the all the solution. But, no effect. I updated the R using this solution. Now, devtools package is working.