Hi, This means that the package you were trying to install does not have a compiled version stored on the server. Sometimes you would not see the question because the server has compiled the package for you, but sometimes it doesn't.
Cheers, Jiefei On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:46 AM Jeff Reichman <reichm...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > R-Help > > > > Recently I've started receiving the following message when updating > packages > - "Do you want to install from sources the packages which need > compilation." > I generally click "Yes," but what is this asking me. That is it appears to > be re-compiling certain packages? Why? > > > > RStudio version: 1.2.5033 > > R version: 3.6.3 > > > > > > Sincerely > > > > Jeff Reichman > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.