ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘openssl’
removing ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/openssl’
The ubuntu system lacks openssl:

apt-get install openssl
apt-get install openssl-devel

Or:

wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1i.tar.gz

tar -xvf  openssl-1.1.1i.tar.gz

cd openssl-1.1.1i/

./config 

make && make install

./config shared 

make clean

make  && make install