I am trying to install 'openssl' on ubuntu 14.04. I already of libssl-dev and libcurl4-openssl-dev installed. But when I try to install I get a bunch of errors complaining about 'unknown type 'u_char''.
Thoughts? Excerpt of output: Found pkg-config cflags and libs! Using PKG_CFLAGS= Using PKG_LIBS=-lssl -lcrypto ** libs ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c aes.c -o aes.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c base64.c -o base64.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c bignum.c -o bignum.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c cert.c -o cert.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c diffie.c -o diffie.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c envelope.c -o envelope.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c error.c -o error.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c hash.c -o hash.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c info.c -o info.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c keygen.c -o keygen.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c onload.c -o onload.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c openssh.c -o openssh.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c rand.c -o rand.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c read.c -o read.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c rsa.c -o rsa.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c signing.c -o signing.o ccache gcc-4.8 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -std=c99 -c ssl.c -o ssl.o In file included from /usr/include/resolv.h:65:0, from ssl.c:15: /usr/include/arpa/nameser.h:115:2: error: unknown type name ‘u_char’ const u_char *_msg, *_eom; ^ /usr/include/arpa/nameser.h:117:2: error: unknown type name ‘u_char’ const u_char *_sections[ns_s_max]; ^ /usr/include/arpa/nameser.h:120:2: error: unknown type name ‘u_char’ const u_char *_msg_ptr; [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.