[R-pkg-devel] Problem with loading package "devtools" from CRAN.

[Georgi Boshnakov]

I also had the problem that devtools didn't install.

I used update.packages(ask =FALSE) and that solved the problem.

Before that I tried to locate the culprit but it was not one of the direct dependencies of devtools.

Georgi Boshnakov

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From: R-package-devel <r-package-devel-bounces using r-project.org> on behalf of Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using R-project.org>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 7:33:55 AM
To: Rolf Turner <rolfturner using posteo.net>
Cc: jenny using posit.co <jenny using posit.co>; r-package-devel using r-project.org <r-package-devel using r-project.org>
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] Problem with loading package "devtools" from CRAN.

Rolf,

what do you mean by "broken"? Since you failed to include any proof nor details it's unlikely that anyone can help you, but chances are pretty high that it was a problem on your end. I just checked with R 4.4.0 on Ubuntu 22.04 and devtools install and load just fine, so it is certainly broken on CRAN.

Make sure you don't have packages for old R version in your local libraries - that is a most common mistake - always remove them when upgrading R and re-install if still need them. You can check the locations of your libraries with .libPaths() in R. Sometimes, update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE) can do the trick as well, but I prefer clean re-installs for safety as it also helps you clean up old cruft that is not longer needed.

Cheers,
Simon



> On Apr 29, 2024, at 1:19 PM, Rolf Turner <rolfturner using posteo.net> wrote:
>
>
> Executive summary:
>
>> The devtools package on CRAN appears to be broken.
>> Installing devtools from github (using remotes::install_github())
>> seems to give satisfactory results.
>
> This morning my software up-dater (Ubuntu 22.04.4) prompted me to
> install updated versions of some software, including r-base.  I thereby
> obtained what I believe is the latest version of R (4.4.0 (2024-04-24)).
>
> Then I could not load the "devtools" package, which is fairly crucial to
> my work.
>
> A bit of web-searching got me to a post on github by Henrik Bengtsson,
> which referred to the devtools problem.  I therefore decided to try
> installing devtools from github:
>
>    remotes::install_github("r-lib/devtools",lib="/home/rolf/Rlib")
>
> Some 50-odd packages seemed to require up-dating.  I went for it, and
> after a fairly long wait, while messages about the updating flowed by,
> devtools seemed to get installed.  Now "library(devtools)" runs without
> error, so I am happy with my own situation.  However there seems to be
> a problem with the devtools package on CRAN, which ought to be fixed.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
>
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