Installing package dplyr - error with rlang and other dependencies

[srao]

Hi Community,

I am currently using R 3.5.1, and RStudio 1.1.453. I have been trying to install dplyr library. The command I use
install.packages("dplyr")

As a part of it, the dependencies should be installed automatically. However, I get an error with a couple of dependencies - like rlang. The copy of the error can be found below:

The message at the end says:
The downloaded source packages are in
‘C:\Users\ngyanch2\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpCWJPUH\downloaded_packages’

Finally, when I try to load the library dplyr, I get the following error:

library(dplyr)
Error in library(dplyr) : there is no package called ‘dplyr’

So I tried to install rlang as a separate package, which seems to be installed, yet doesn't work:

install.packages("rlang")

There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
binary source needs_compilation
rlang 0.3.4 0.4.11 TRUE

Binaries will be installed
trying URL 'https://cran.uni-muenster.de/bin/windows/contrib/3.4/rlang_0.3.4.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 1080437 bytes (1.0 MB)
downloaded 1.0 MB

package ‘rlang’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
Warning in install.packages :
unable to move temporary installation ‘C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.4\library\file2d4044371ff4\rlang’ to ‘C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.4\library\rlang’

The downloaded binary packages are in
C:\Users\ngyanch2\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpCWJPUH\downloaded_packages

library(rlang)
Error in library(rlang) : there is no package called ‘rlang’

To me, it also seemed like an issue of mismatching versions of rlang, which prompted me to use the command:

install.packages("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/rlang/rlang_0.4.10.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type="source")

in the hope of downloading the specific version of rlang. However, that was not fruitful either as i kept getting the same error.

I am facing the same issue for multiple packages, while a friend, working with exactly same configuration is able to run the libraries.

I even tried manually pasting the library in the C drive folder for R, which gives this error:

library(rlang)
Error: package ‘rlang’ was installed by an R version with different internals; it needs to be reinstalled for use with this R version
In addition: Warning message:
package ‘rlang’ was built under R version 3.5.3

In the organization there are tight controls around the version of R that we use, so updating the versions is not an option. I still wonder how my friend is able to use the same package with exact same configurations.

Please assist.

[Questrox]

Not entirely sure what could be the issue, as the install codes you used worked for me. Personally, I never use code to install packages, it has caused problems in the past. I just go to Tools and Install the packages I'm looking for from CRAN, then it's simply running library(package_name) to call it up. You won't need to install the same package a second time; once installed it's there for good. Perhaps manually installing fixes the problem?

-Q

[mishabalyasin]

@srao

I am currently using R 3.5.1, and RStudio 1.1.453. I have been trying to install dplyr library.

Is there any reason you are using specifically R 3.5.1? Current version is 4.1.1 and if you have a chance, you should update your R installation and try again.

[andresrcs]

It seems you are in a version mismatch nightmare, your package library seemed to have been compile under R 3.4.4 but you are using 3.5.1, that can cause problems with incompatible base R packages that do not get updated from CRAN. On Windows each major R version has its own system level package library, I recommend you to use the corresponding R 3.5.1 system level package library instead, if you want you could move your packages from the old library to the new one (just be sure not to overwrite the existing base R packages) and then update your packages with update.packages(checkBuilt = TRUE).

You can change the default library folder by setting your R_LIBS_SITE environmental variable on a .Reviron or .Rprofile file. For example:

# In a .Renviron file you can set it by adding a line like this one with the desired location 
R_LIBS_SITE="C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-4.1.1\\library"

For a more detailed explanation, you can read this blog post

Customizing your package-library location