How to install Tidyverse

[ricardo_bo]

"Ok I managed to change to the U of Waterloo Repository and installed tidyverse from there but it's weird because I had to manually attach dplyr and stringr packages along with install couple of dependencies but overall I managed to get my code running again. Thank you.

I'm gonna continue to get IT to fix the issue so I can rely on the main global repo again."

I am facing the same issue in my company and I do not understand the workaround this person here mentioned. Anybody can explain me how to fix this issue?

Unable to Install Tidyverse in R 4.3.1 Patched

I decided to update my R and Rstudio to the latest versions this morning and found out I had to reinstall all my packages again. It's been over an hour and I keep encountering one failed installation error after another and can't get any work done. The following is the screenshot showing the main error I'm experiencing related to Tidy Verse: [TidyverseFail] I'm working with my Org's IT department on being unable to download packages from CRAN, however, as we can see from the screenshot, I'm unable to manually install tidyverse from the tar.gz file due to this error. I did my best researching for the solution but nothing worked for me. I appreciate all the help in advance and please let m…

[FJCC]

Please post the command you run and all of its output. Don't post an image. Copy the output from the console and paste it into a reply placing three back ticks before and after it, like this:
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[ricardo_bo]

 install.packages("dplyr")
Warning in install.packages :
  kann nicht auf den Index für das Repository https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib zugreifen:
  cannot open URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/PACKAGES'
WARNING: Rtools is required to build R packages but is not currently installed. Please download and install the appropriate version of Rtools before proceeding:

https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/
Warning in install.packages :
  kann nicht auf den Index für das Repository https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib zugreifen:
  cannot open URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/PACKAGES'
Warning in install.packages :
  package ‘dplyr’ is not available for this version of R

A version of this package for your version of R might be available elsewhere,
see the ideas at
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-patched/R-admin.html#Installing-packages
Warning in install.packages :
  kann nicht auf den Index für das Repository https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.3 zugreifen:
  cannot open URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.3/PACKAGES'

[ricardo_bo]

install.packages("tidyverse")
Warning in install.packages :
  kann nicht auf den Index für das Repository https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib zugreifen:
  cannot open URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/PACKAGES'
WARNING: Rtools is required to build R packages but is not currently installed. Please download and install the appropriate version of Rtools before proceeding:

https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/
Warning in install.packages :
  kann nicht auf den Index für das Repository https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib zugreifen:
  cannot open URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/PACKAGES'
Warning in install.packages :
  package ‘tidyverse’ is not available for this version of R

A version of this package for your version of R might be available elsewhere,
see the ideas at
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-patched/R-admin.html#Installing-packages
Warning in install.packages :
  kann nicht auf den Index für das Repository https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.3 zugreifen:
  cannot open URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.3/PACKAGES'

[FJCC]

The user in the post you referenced used a different repository. To change repositories, go to the menu Tools -> Global Options. Click the Packages icon on the left. On the Management tab, click the Change button next to the box titled Primary CRAN Repository. The list contains some options in Germany, which might be good choices if those are close to you.

Can you reach https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/PACKAGES from your browser?

[ricardo_bo]

Thanks for your help. Unfortunately, it still does not work after changing it to different locations. However, I can reach the cran link you posted.

install.packages("tidyverse")
Warning in install.packages :
  kann nicht auf den Index für das Repository https://ftp.fau.de/cran/src/contrib zugreifen:
  cannot open URL 'https://ftp.fau.de/cran/src/contrib/PACKAGES'
WARNING: Rtools is required to build R packages but is not currently installed. Please download and install the appropriate version of Rtools before proceeding:

https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/
Warning in install.packages :
  kann nicht auf den Index für das Repository https://ftp.fau.de/cran/src/contrib zugreifen:
  cannot open URL 'https://ftp.fau.de/cran/src/contrib/PACKAGES'
Warning in install.packages :
  package ‘tidyverse’ is not available for this version of R

A version of this package for your version of R might be available elsewhere,
see the ideas at
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-patched/R-admin.html#Installing-packages
Warning in install.packages :
  kann nicht auf den Index für das Repository https://ftp.fau.de/cran/bin/windows/contrib/4.3 zugreifen:
  cannot open URL 'https://ftp.fau.de/cran/bin/windows/contrib/4.3/PACKAGES'
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[FJCC]

Are you in a corporate environment that might be limiting your web access with a firewall? I do not understand how such things work but jcblum mentions it in this thread

Package install issues - unable to access index for repository - cannot open URL

Using RStudio Server (on Cloudera Quickstart using CentOS) and trying to install and use sparklyr. Get the following error when I run install.packages("sparklyr") Warning in install.packages unable to access index for repository http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib cannot open URL 'http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/PACKAGES' Installing package into '/home/cloudera/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.5' (as 'lib' is unspecified) package 'sparklyr' is not available (for R version 3.5.0) Any help would be appreciated!

Do you have IT support that you could ask about that?