R package system include downloading facility from repositories. That’s why you need curl. At least in theory. I’ll have to check for 3.3.x but there was alternatives in 3.2.x.
François > On 27/10/2016, at 22:26, Jeroen Demeyer <jdeme...@cage.ugent.be> wrote: > > This is the obvious answer: > >> [6] or patch R not to use curl > > Why should I need a web download tool to do calculations in statistics? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
