[R-SIG-Mac] error when installing the robustbase package (robustbase.rdb is corrupt)

[Simon Urbanek]

Y V,

as Duncan pointed out this is usually a problem with the RStudio session. Quit RStudio, re-install the package (if in doubt, use R), quit R and re-start RStudio.

Cheers,
Simon


> On 25/03/2024, at 10:54 AM, YV B <omykcs using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm running R 4.3.3 GUI 1.80 Big Sur Intel build (8340) and RStudio Version
> 2023.12.1+402 on macOS Sonoma Version 14.4 (23E214) Intel Core i7.
> 
> I downloaded the package of robustbase
> - macosx/big-sur-x86_64/contrib/4.3/robustbase_0.99-2.tgz .
> , and tried to install it.
> 
> After installing it through Tools/Install Packages,
> it shows up in the Packages tab.
> 
> Clicking on the checkbox results in
> ```
>> install.packages(“path/to/robustbase_0.99-2.tgz", repos = NULL, type =
> .Platform$pkgType)
>> library(robustbase)
> Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘robustbase’ in get(Info[i, 1],
> envir = env):
> lazy-load database
> '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.3-x86_64/Resources/library/robustbase/R/robustbase.rdb'
> is corrupt
> In addition: Warning message:
> In get(Info[i, 1], envir = env) : internal error -3 in R_decompress1
> ```
> 
> I've reported this to r-project tracker. They cannot help me because this
> is not due to a problem of the source. Could you help me solving this
> problem?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Y V
> 
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