[R] Problem in loading packages

[Michael Dewey]

I think we need more information here.

Try running R outside RStudio and then issue

install.packages("insert a package name here")

then run sessionInfo()

and then post all the output here.

It would also help to know which CRAN mirror you use.

Michael

On 03/09/2026 17:45, Halilu Rahaman Alhassan wrote:
> Thank you for the response.
> 
> I tried using pacman to load the packages I need, but it was not working
> for me. So I decided to download those packages on CRAN . Even though it
> was installed successfully, yet, when I try loading each package I get the
> response mentioned earlier
> 
> On Thu, 3 Sept 2026, 11:57 Duncan Murdoch, <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-09-02 7:42 a.m., Halilu Rahaman Alhassan wrote:
>>> Dear sir/madam,
>>>
>>> I guess my message finds you well. Please I am having the supposed
>> current
>>> R version 4.6.1 for windows. But after downloading the packages, I find
>> it
>>> difficult loading them on R studio, even though they can be seen under
>>> packages. When ever I tried loading them, it tells me that those packages
>>> were created under R version 4.7.0. Please I need your help to be able to
>>> deal with such problem.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Halilu Rahaman Alhassan
>>>
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>> It sounds as though you downloaded the wrong files, but you don't give
>> details about how you did the downloads or installed them into R, so I
>> can't guess how that happened.
>>
>> The standard safe way to install packages is to run R and then in R run
>> "install.packages("packagename")".  It might ask you to specify a
>> mirror; generally the first one in the list is safe.  On my system, that
>> is displayed as "0-Cloud".
>>
>> If you are running RStudio, then you will get somewhat different
>> behaviour because it inserts its own install.packages() function, but it
>> should still work.  If not, try it in a plain R session.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>
>>
> 
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Michael Dewey