Unable to load an installed package in R - r

Question

While trying to install and load the package Hmisc in RStudio, I ran into an error. Upon inspection, it turned out to originate from ggplot2. I can replicate the error on my machine as follows:
> install.packages("ggplot2", dependencies=TRUE)
# see bottom of this post for the full log of this command.
> library(ggplot2)
Error in library(ggplot2) : there is no package called 'ggplot2'
I have reinstalled RStudio and its packages, but without success. Also, some other packages (such as AER) do work properly.
Any advice on how to solve this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Full log of install.packages("ggplot2"):
Installing package into <some library>
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
also installing the dependencies ‘cli’, ‘rlang’, ‘lifecycle’, ‘scales’
There are binary versions available but the source versions are later:
binary source needs_compilation
cli 3.2.0 3.4.1 TRUE
rlang 1.0.2 1.0.6 TRUE
lifecycle 1.0.1 1.0.3 FALSE
scales 1.2.0 1.2.1 FALSE
ggplot2 3.3.5 3.3.6 FALSE
Binaries will be installed
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/cli_3.2.0.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 1255499 bytes (1.2 MB)
downloaded 1.2 MB
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/rlang_1.0.2.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 1718546 bytes (1.6 MB)
downloaded 1.6 MB
package ‘cli’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package ‘rlang’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
The downloaded binary packages are in
<some library>
installing the source packages ‘lifecycle’, ‘scales’, ‘ggplot2’
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/lifecycle_1.0.3.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 106854 bytes (104 KB)
downloaded 104 KB
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/scales_1.2.1.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 270609 bytes (264 KB)
downloaded 264 KB
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/ggplot2_3.3.6.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3061989 bytes (2.9 MB)
downloaded 2.9 MB
* installing *source* package 'lifecycle' ...
** package 'lifecycle' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** using staged installation
** R
** inst
** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[i]]) :
namespace 'rlang' 1.0.2 is being loaded, but >= 1.0.6 is required
Calls: <Anonymous> ... withCallingHandlers -> loadNamespace -> namespaceImport -> loadNamespace
Execution halted
ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'lifecycle'
* removing <some library>
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘lifecycle’ had non-zero exit status
ERROR: dependency 'lifecycle' is not available for package 'scales'
* removing <some library>
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘scales’ had non-zero exit status
ERROR: dependency 'scales' is not available for package 'ggplot2'
* removing <some library>
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘ggplot2’ had non-zero exit status
The downloaded source packages are in
<some library>
After being advised to install rlang, I first ran remove.packages(rlang), and then install.packages("rlang"), type="source"). However, when I then run library(rlang), I get the error Error in library(rlang) : there is no package called ‘rlang’. Here is the output of install.packages("rlang"):
Installing package into < some library >
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/rlang_1.0.6.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 742508 bytes (725 KB)
downloaded 725 KB
* installing *source* package 'rlang' ...
** package 'rlang' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** using staged installation
** libs
*** arch - i386
Warning in system(cmd) : 'make' not found
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'rlang'
* removing < some library >
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘rlang’ had non-zero exit status
The downloaded source packages are in
< some library >