Install R and libcurl from source

install_r.sh

# This script installs libcurl and R 3.3.0 on a linux server
# when you can't use apt-get. Note that libcurl is a requirement
# for R 3.3.0

# also see: http://pj.freefaculty.org/blog/?p=315

export PATH=$HOME/packages/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/packages/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export CFLAGS="-I$HOME/packages/include"
export LDFLAGS="-L$HOME/packages/lib"

export F77="gfortran"
export FC="gfortran"
export CC="gcc"
export CXX="g++"

mkdir -p $HOME/packages
mkdir -p $HOME/src

cd $HOME/src
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/c/curl/curl_7.47.0.orig.tar.gz
wget https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-3.3.0.tar.gz

tar xvf curl_7.47.0.orig.tar.gz
tar xvf R-3.3.0.tar.gz

cd $HOME/src/curl-7.47.0
./configure --prefix=$HOME/packages
make
make install

cd $HOME/src/R-3.3.0
./configure --prefix=$HOME/packages
make
make install

# Your probably want to add the line
# export PATH=$HOME/packages/bin:$PATH
# to your .bash_profile so that R is on your path