namespace ‘pillar’ 1.6.1 is already loaded, but >= 1.6.2 is required

[Suelia]

I'm having to import an excel file into Rstudio and the error always comes up -
library(readxl)

Generic_example_1_ <- read_excel("C:/Users/sueli/Downloads/Generic_example (1).xlsx")
Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) : **
** namespace ‘pillar’ 1.6.1 is already loaded, but >= 1.6.2 is required
View(Generic_example_1_)
Error in View : object 'Generic_example_1_' not found

[EconomiCurtis]

I'd try upgrading your version of the pillar package. You can do this with install.packages('pillar'), and that should get you to the latest version.

Note that update.packages() updates all packages you've previously installed. Which is handy if you just want to upgrade everything, but does take time and may cause issues with old code.