That is just CRAN "churnaround", ggiraph 0.9.4 was published _today_ and the binary builders haven't gotten to it yet. Remember that recompilation of CRAN packages may involve recompilation of a packages reverse dependencies, so it may take a while to get to your favourite package.
You may get som traction from install.packages(....., type="binary") or options(pkgType="binary") so that the system doesn't confuse itself with newer source packages. -pd > On 4 Feb 2026, at 15.55, Manuel Spínola <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I try to install a package directly using install.packages() on macOS, > I get the following error: > > install.packages("ggiraph") > > https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/ggiraph_0.9.3.tgz > > The downloads complete successfully, but the installed versions are older > than the current CRAN versions. As a result, when I try to update packages > again, they all remain listed as needing updates. > > Reinstalling the same packages from source (e.g., > install.packages("ggiraph", type = "source")) does update them correctly. > > > > El mié, 4 feb 2026 a las 5:20, Gábor Csárdi (<[email protected]>) > escribió: > >> Since car was released not so long ago, I am fairly sure that this is >> an issue with the CRAN metadata, similar to what I (and many others) >> see for newly released packages: >> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2026-February/015335.html >> >> I wrote some code to show the packages for which the metadata is >> inconsistent: >> https://gist.github.com/gaborcsardi/797472e42b43d2f938f852614f2a170f >> (Update the URL for a different arch or R version.) >> Seems like car should be fine now, assuming this already propagated to >> your mirror. >> >> FWIW AFAIR all RStudio does is calling install.packages() so if you >> see a 404 there, it is unlikely that it is a problem with RStudio. >> Nevertheless I agree that it is always a good idea to test your code >> in a plain R console. >> >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 10:40 PM Manuel Spínola <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> When I try to update packages from RStudio using the menu on macOS, some >>> packages fail to install. >>> >>> I can fix the issue by reinstalling them manually from source, for >> example: >>> >>> install.packages("car", type = "source") >>> I am wondering whether this is a known macOS/RStudio issue (e.g., related >>> to binary vs source packages), and whether there is a recommended >>> workaround or setting. >>> >>> R version 4.5.2 (2025-10-31) -- "[Not] Part in a Rumble" >>> Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin20 >>> >>> Manuel >>> >>> -- >>> *Manuel Spínola, Ph.D.* >>> Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre >>> Universidad Nacional >>> Apartado 1350-3000 >>> Heredia >>> COSTA RICA >>> [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> [email protected] >>> Teléfono: (506) 8706 - 4662 >>> Sitio web institucional: ICOMVIS >>> <http://www.icomvis.una.ac.cr/index.php/manuel> >>> Sitio web personal: Sitio personal < >> https://mspinola-sitioweb.netlify.app> >>> Blog sobre Ciencia de Datos: Blog de Ciencia de Datos >>> <https://mspinola-ciencia-de-datos.netlify.app> >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >> > > > -- > *Manuel Spínola, Ph.D.* > Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre > Universidad Nacional > Apartado 1350-3000 > Heredia > COSTA RICA > [email protected] <[email protected]> > [email protected] > Teléfono: (506) 8706 - 4662 > Sitio web institucional: ICOMVIS > <http://www.icomvis.una.ac.cr/index.php/manuel> > Sitio web personal: Sitio personal <https://mspinola-sitioweb.netlify.app> > Blog sobre Ciencia de Datos: Blog de Ciencia de Datos > <https://mspinola-ciencia-de-datos.netlify.app> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: [email protected] Priv: [email protected] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
