title: Installing R on Linux: configure: error: libcurl >= 7.28.0 library and headers are required with support for https
body: <p>My issue is this:</p>
  
  <p>Rigth now i have R 3.2 wooden xmas tree version, but theres some packages I need that dosent work on this version, so when i try to install the newest version, with</p>
  
  <pre><code>./configure
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It returns the next error </p>
  
  <pre><code>configure: error: libcurl &gt;= 7.28.0 library and headers are required with support for https
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have a package called <code>libcurl3</code> installed. And its already in the last version.</p>
  
  <p>Ill appreciate any help.</p>
  
  <p>Note: I'm using Ubuntu based Peppermint 7 OS</p>