Unable to load library of dplyr and ggplot2

[punjabi]

For several weeks now I have been unable to load several packages in R. To remedy this, I reinstalled R 4.0.3 and RStudio 1.4.1103 but failed to load several packages, including dplyr and ggplot2. I have searched the internet and tried to resolve the issue for days now but in vain. Please help. Just so you know, I get the following error:
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘dplyr’:
.onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'pillar', details:
call: loadNamespace(name)
error: there is no package called ‘crayon’
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘ggplot2’:
.onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'pillar', details:
call: loadNamespace(name)
error: there is no package called ‘crayon’

[andresrcs]

@punjabi

error: there is no package called ‘crayon’

You are missing this package dependency, try installing it

install.packages("crayon")

[punjabi]

Thanks for your quick reply! I guess I should have made this clear in my post: whenever I install a dependency and try loading these two packages again, I get another error message, which says some other package is missing. And this process continues! What do you think is the problem?

[andresrcs]

You are not describing any problem, just how package installation in R works, you just have to keep installing package dependencies until you get no more error messages.

[punjabi]

Thanks for your reply! I have never had this problem before. I reckoned all package dependencies would be installed automatically. Earlier, I gave up after installing a few dependencies, thinking the issue is deeper, but today after your advice, I persevered and thankfully, managed to get the packages to work. Thank you again!