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

G'day Rolf, On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:21:15 + Rolf Turner wrote: > Previously I got an error message from > > install.packages("devtools",lib="/home/rolf/Rlib") > > but now of course I cannot reproduce it. Presumably the install.packages() invocation did not produce an error message

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

On 30 April 2024 at 01:21, Rolf Turner wrote: | On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:30:20 -0500 | Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | | | | > These days, I strongly recommend r2u [1]. As you already use R via | > CRAN through apt, r2u adds one more repository after which _all_ R | > packages are handled via the

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

Well, I just uninstalled the devtools that I had installed from github and ran install.packages("devtools",lib="/home/rolf/Rlib") No error message this time; the install went just fine. The explanation may lie in the plethora of packages that I re-installed when I invoked

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

Rolf, This question might have been more appropriate for r-sig-debian than here. But as Simon noted, the lack of detail makes is difficult to say anything to aid. It likely was an issue local to your setup and use. These days, I strongly recommend r2u [1]. As you already use R via CRAN

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

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 Sent from Outlook for Android

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

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

G'day Rolf, hope all is well. On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:19:50 + Rolf Turner 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. I somehow have not