GnuTLS Error -50: Cannot install packages from Github in Rstudio? - r

The following lines prompt an error (which differs from this question):
library(devtools)
install_github("StatsWithR/statsr") # the same for any other open repos
The error is this:
Error: Failed to install 'unknown package' from GitHub:
Error -50 setting GnuTLS cipher list starting with +VERS-TLS1.3
Then I wanted to work around the problem caused by devtools, so I tried githubinstall, but the error became this:
Error in curl::curl_download(input, tmpFile, mode = "wb", quiet = !showProgress) :
Error -50 setting GnuTLS cipher list starting with +VERS-TLS1.3
It seems obvious that the issue is caused by GnuTLS and I found a similar thread: git/jenkins TLS issue, but I cannot find some hints there.
I also tried install_url, install_local, and install_git, but all failed.
Here is the information of the R I recently upgraded from 3.4.4(2018):
platform x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
arch x86_64
os linux-gnu
system x86_64, linux-gnu
status
major 4
minor 1.2
year 2021
month 11
day 01
svn rev 81115
language R
version.string R version 4.1.2 (2021-11-01)
nickname Bird Hippie
I have been stuck with devtools and install_github. What can I try next?

I installed the r-base and Rstudio using apt install in an existing container, and the default settings(the default r version is 3.4.4) caused the issues I met, then I purged the r environment and created a new one in a new Docker container following this blog: Running RStudio Server with Docker.

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R - Unable to install R packages - Cannot open the connection

Before you mark this as duplicate, I wish to say that I already referred the related post 1,post 2, 3, 4
I am trying to install the dplyr and stringr package but i get the below error
Warning in install.packages :
downloaded length 139264 != reported length 3227450
Warning in install.packages :
error 1 in extracting from zip file
Warning in install.packages :
cannot open compressed file 'dplyr/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No such file or directory'
Error in install.packages : cannot open the connection
I tried different installation commands like
install.packages(“dplyr”)
install.packages(“dplyr”, repos="http://cran.us.r-project.org")
install.packages(“dplyr”, repos="http://cran.us.r-project.org",type="win.binary")
> Sys.info()
sysname release version machine
"Windows" "10 x64" "build 17134" "x86-64"
> version
_
platform x86_64-w64-mingw32
arch x86_64
os mingw32
system x86_64, mingw32
status
major 3
minor 6.2
year 2019
month 12
day 12
svn rev 77560
language R
version.string R version 3.6.2 (2019-12-12)
nickname Dark and Stormy Night
Till yesterday, I was able to install this package successfully. But today it is throwing this error.
This error happens with other packages like stringr as well. I tried chaging CRAN mirrors as well but still no help
Can help please?
I have downloaded a R package and installed from local files. Next I tried to install a package, with many imports, through Install package(s), I could not install. I closed R and restarted R, now I am able to install packages, with many imports. Rahul, R user.
This error typically happens because R cannot access the default directory for installing the packages. This error is a system-related error. Try this solution. It worked out for me. I changed the default installation directory in the environment variables and it worked smoothly.

Error installed R library with version 3.6.0 when only version 3.4 is required

I´m trying to install the library ssev: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ssev/index.html
On a machine with R 3.6.0
install.packages("ssev")
And I´m getting the following error:
“unable to access index for repository http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib:
cannot open URL 'http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/PACKAGES'”
Warning message:
“package ‘ssev’ is not available (for R version 3.6.0)”
What I do not understand is why I´m getting this error, when the requiered version for this library is 3.4, as shown in CRAN:
The installation does work with a more recent versions of R like 3.6.3, but in the machine I need it I do not have the option to install a newer version.
I'm using R version 3.6.1 and only getting a warning about the using the library. Generally, you can ignore these and it will still work. If it's not, try updating the package and post the results of trying to load the library and also run version to show info on your setup as I did below:
> library(ssev)
Warning messages:
1: In recycle.data(data, FALSE, length(x), units) :
reached elapsed time limit
2: package ‘ssev’ was built under R version 3.6.3
> version
_
platform x86_64-w64-mingw32
arch x86_64
os mingw32
system x86_64, mingw32
status
major 3
minor 6.1
year 2019
month 07
day 05
svn rev 76782
language R
version.string R version 3.6.1 (2019-07-05)
nickname Action of the Toes

R Error in install.packages : permission denied

I'm trying to install packages employing the command install.packages() in Rstudio Version 1.1.453:
R version 3.5.0 (2018-04-23) -- "Joy in Playing"
Copyright (C) 2018 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
with R Version 3.5 in Windows 10:
platform x86_64-w64-mingw32
arch x86_64
os mingw32
system x86_64, mingw32
status
major 3
minor 5.0
year 2018
month 04
day 23
svn rev 74626
language R
version.string R version 3.5.0 (2018-04-23)
nickname Joy in Playing
I'm getting the following error:
Error in install.packages :
cannot open file 'C:/Users/Gabriel/Documents/R/win-library/3.5/file19281116cee/Rcpp/doc/Rcpp-attributes.pdf':
Permission denied
Thanks a lot for your help.
I solved it with this answer. It's R is installed as if it needs constant admin privileges. That answer shows the correct way of doing it without running into the problem again.
I ran into same problem, most times it is an antivirus shield issue! Ensure all shields are down, then retry installation.
I had the same problem and it gave me a headache but the Error with : Permission Denied, as you put it across can be solved by checking the antivus. R studio can be blacklisted by the antivirus, so look at the setting. I am using AVG and surely the application was blacklisted. When I removed it from th blacklist, packages were installed successfully

Is MRAN broken?

I have been trying to install packages from MRAN, specifically bsts amoung others. If I run:
install.packages(c("Boom","BoomSpikeSlab", "bsts"),repos = "https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/snapshot/2016-01-01/")
I get the following output:
Warning in install.packages :
URL 'https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/snapshot/2016-01-01/bin/macosx/mavericks/contrib/3.3/PACKAGES.gz': status was '404 Not Found'
Warning in install.packages :
URL 'https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/snapshot/2016-01-01/bin/macosx/mavericks/contrib/3.3/PACKAGES': status was '404 Not Found'
Warning in install.packages :
unable to access index for repository https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/snapshot/2016-01-01/bin/macosx/mavericks/contrib/3.3:
cannot download all files
Packages which are only available in source form, and may need compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ‘Boom’ ‘BoomSpikeSlab’ ‘bsts’
Do you want to attempt to install these from sources?
y/n:
I also get the same result when changing the repository location using options(). A simple solution would be simply to install from source as below:
install.packages(c("Boom","BoomSpikeSlab", "bsts"),repos = "https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/snapshot/2016-01-01/",type = "source")
However what doesn't make sense is that, when you check the repository on your browser, the binaries appear to be available:
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bsts/index.html (CRAN)
https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/snapshot/2016-01-01/web/packages/bsts/index.html (MRAN)
Additionally I would prefer not to have to compile the source code, especially as R's compiler is out of date...
Previous stack overflow questions have suggested this is because the repository is down, however this doesn't make sense as the binaries can be accessed through the browser. So is there an issue with MRAN, is there an issue with install.packages?
I should note I have tried executing this code in both RStudio and R through the terminal. Additionally, for reference, this is my system details:
platform x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
arch x86_64
os darwin13.4.0
system x86_64, darwin13.4.0
status
major 3
minor 3.2
year 2016
month 10
day 31
svn rev 71607
language R
version.string R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31)
nickname Sincere Pumpkin Patch
Thanks in advance for the help.
I've now solved this problem. When calling from the MRAN repository using install.packages you need to capitalise "MRAN" part of the URL.
So this works:
install.packages("bsts", repos = "https://MRAN.revolutionanalytics.com/snapshot/2016-06-01/")
And this only works from source:
install.packages("bsts", repos = "https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/snapshot/2016-06-01/")

How do I get RCurl to connect to POST SSL on OS X Yosemite?

Since upgrading to OS X Yosemite 10.10.2, I have been unable to use RCurl to send POSTs via SSL. The error message I get is:
Error in function (type, msg, asError = TRUE) :
SSLRead() return error -9806
This strongly resembles the curl error here: osx 10.10 Curl POST to HTTPS url gives SSLRead() error
So I ran the instructions to install libcurl via home-brew, per the answers on that question, but I cannot figure out how to link RCurl to the new libcurl. curl-config still returns the old installation of libcurl.
> packageVersion("RCurl")
[1] ‘1.95.4.5’
> version
platform x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
arch x86_64
os darwin13.4.0
system x86_64, darwin13.4.0
status
major 3
minor 1.2
year 2014
month 10
day 31
svn rev 66913
language R
version.string R version 3.1.2 (2014-10-31)
nickname Pumpkin Helmet
Figured it out!
First, I installed brew from homebrew:
brew install --with-libressl curl
Then, I copied the curl-config in place:
sudo cp /usr/bin/curl-config /usr/bin/curl-config.bak
sudo cp /usr/local/opt/curl/bin/curl-config /usr/bin/curl-config
Then, I reinstalled RCurl:
install.packages("RCurl", type="source")
And it worked again.

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