unable to install a package.

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#1

Hi,

I updated my Rstudio and I'm trying to install a package called"fiftystater" but I'm getting an error message. May any one assist?

library(remotes)
install.packages('fiftystater')
#> Installing package into 'C:/Users/mahah_og9drz8/OneDrive/Documents/R/win-library/4.1'
#> (as 'lib' is unspecified)
#> Warning: package 'fiftystater' 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

Created on 2022-04-24 by the reprex package (v2.0.1)

#2

What version of R are you running? Perhaps update to the latest version and try again? Otherwise, restart and try again if you have already updated it.

#3

It seems that package is not in CRAN and only available on GitHub so you have to install it with this command

remotes::install_github("wmurphyrd/fiftystater")

A couple things you need to consider:

  • R has problems with cloud-synced folders (OneDrive in your case), I recommend you to set your package library in a non-synced folder.
    You can change the default library folder by setting your R_LIBS_SITE environmental variable in 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-4.1.2\\library"

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

  • Installation of R packages from Github requires compilation and since you are on a Windows system, you need to have RTools installed on it, you can download it from here

https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/rtools40.html

#4

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