R: Changing default user library

.libPaths() – gives a vector with current list of directories to search for libraries

.libPaths(x) – sets library paths to x, where x is a vector of strings listing file locations

Installing RCurl on linux

Will keep failing without providing a valid reason.

The reason is lack of a system library – libcurl4-openssl-dev.

Install the library from default sources:

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

Now, install package RCurl inside R again, and we’re ready to go