I want to push some changes to my GitHub repository and I receive the following error, which I have been trying to solve for the last couple of hours.
error: cannot run rpostback-askpass: No such file or directory
fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': Device not configured
What I have just done is
Open a new repository on Github
Go to code and copy the https link
Go to R Studio > New Project > Version Control > Git
Paste the https link to repository URL
Write some code and save it to an R file
Select the file > Commit > and Push
and I receive this error, which I was not getting previously. (Note that I took a long break and during this time I have not committed anything to Github but previously, I have not face any error like that.)
I have searched some solution on the internet, while some suggested to use SSH key instead of https, I could not find a neat solution (that might be because I am not familiar with the Github workflow)
Therefore, I would appreciate if you can just provide me a clean solution on how to solve this problem. Thank you for your attention beforehand.
PS: I am using a Mac if that would matter.
This should be linked to the lack of credential helper which means Git is trying to read credentials from your terminal, since it exhausted other options.
Check your git config --global credential.helper first.
Try and install GCM, the Git Credential Manager (which is no longer GCM-core).
And reference it in your config:
git config credential.helper manager
I am new to Version control and this is my first attempt. I am also a novice in R. just did an online course. I have installed Git and was trying to add the Version control through Rstudio Global options. The Git executable file path shows "user/bin/git" But when I go to create a Project>version control>Git- I get an error "Git was not detected on the path" I dug deeper and ran cmd in the mac terminal- which git and got the location as "/usr/local/bin/git", I also did a $ git --exec-path and got the location as "/usr/local/Cellar/git/2.30.0/libexec/git-core" I understand the executable path is somewhere else. I understand that I need to change the path but Rstudio is not allowing the changing of the path, and I am unable to edit the path to "/usr/local/Cellar/git/2.30.0/libexec/git-core" from "user/bin/git". I tried manually entering but that doesnt work, I browsed through the file s and sub folders and selected the executable file location , but it still doesnt change. Please help.
Welcome to stackoverflow: You can find a step by step support on the official support site of rstudio. Here you get detailed instructions on how to use version control with RStudio: https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200532077-Version-Control-with-Git-and-SVN
So I am having this issue for the past 8-9 hours. I have been trying to resolve it by googling around.
This is what I have tried so far.
1) Totally uninstalled node and npm.
2) Totally uninstalled meteor. Deleted all the local/.meteor data. Searched for meteor in entire C drive and deleted it. Restarted the PC.
3) Reinstalled node, npm and meteor js again. (Did steps 1-3 in safe mode also and tried 3 times.)
4) Ran command and got this error again. "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.4.4_2\mt-os.window
s.x86_32\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\q\q.js:70
hasStacks = !!e.stack;
^
RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded".
Note: The same code works for me in another system, so apparently code is fine the issue is with meteor and my pc.
Then I found that creating new windows account and installing meteor there can make it work. So I tried to do that as well but no luck.
I need help to resolve this as I don't have any clue what to do next.
Meteor version is: 1.4
Node version is: 6.10.3
NPM version is: 3.10.10
Apologies for late response, just had the same problem and was eventually able to solve it. The problem is that windows doesn't like long file paths. Unfortunately, meteor is full of them so the installer seems to miss those files.
Try this:
Install meteor if its not already.
navigate to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local and delete the
.Meteor folder.
Download the installation archive:
https://meteorinstall-4168.kxcdn.com/packages-bootstrap/1.5/meteor-bootstrap-os.windows.x86_32.tar.gz
use 7-zip to extract the .Meteor folder somewhere with a shorter
path; ie: C drive root directory. Make sure you are running 7-Zip as
admin, and extract it using 7-Zips interface. Don't drag and drop as
this will extract to the temp folder first.
Go to your Environment Variables (in Control Panel/Advanced System
Settings), edit Path, and change the .Meteor directory to where you extracted the folder.
Open up CMD, cross your fingers, and enter meteor --version
Hope this helps any desperate souls out there.
I'm working in RStudio and am attempting to install the dplyr package. I have installed various other packages without problem but have hit a problem with this.
It seems there are various parts to the install, some of these worked but the problem happens when I get 'the dependency BH'. This is the error:
>Installing package into ‘\\xxxxxxxx.local/Desktops/jagnew/My Documents/R/win-library/3.3’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
also installing the dependency ‘BH’
>trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.3/BH_1.62.0-1.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 16150075 bytes (15.4 MB)
downloaded 15.4 MB
>trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.3/dplyr_0.5.0.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 2556205 bytes (2.4 MB)
downloaded 2.4 MB
>Error in install.packages : cannot open file '\\xxxxxxx.local/Desktops/jagnew/My Documents/R/win-library/3.3/file142032c9327b/BH/include/boost/function/detail/gen_maybe_include.pl': Permission denied
I have changed the directory/libpath as it did not appear that the file was downloading to the correct folder. file142032c9327b is now in the correct path, but path specified in the error is only correct up to /boost, there is no function folder here..?
I'm not sure if this missing folder is the issue, as the error says 'Permission denied', but it seems odd.
I had the same issue. Tried doing the following and worked for me:
Run the RStudio as administrator
Under the Packages tab, click Install and change Install to Library option to C:/Program...../R/../library and select the desired package to install.
Hope it works.
I had the same problem. R gave me an error message whenever I tried to install a new, or update an existing package. I don't remember what the message said exactly, but it was saying "Cannot open file (...) access denied". I tried all the following. Not sure what exactly fixed the problem, but now I can update and/or install new packages:
Open R/RStudio as administrator;
Change the R library folder (where packages are installed) security settings, and grant full access to my computer user account. Link1, link2;
(I think this was what fixed the problem) Follow instructions on this link. It prompted me to install another package, "devtools". Then it worked.
Well, I think my problem was a special case, but it might benefit someone. I had the Windows Defender Ransomware Protection set to ON. That was blocking rsession.exe by default. Allowing rsession.exe solved the problem.
TL;DR
The "Documents" (or "My Documents") directory is a special location in Windows. I don't know if the system itself processes its permissions differently or if antiviruses target operations inside this directory more strictly, but many R users have issues installing packages in the personal library inside this folder (even if running R as administrator). Other answers haven't worked.
For me, what solved the problem was to put the personal library directly under X:\\Users\username\ instead of under Documents, which is the R default on Windows. To make it permanent, I set a user environment variable R_USER to %USERPROFILE%. Here is a nice guide of how to set environment variables in Windows.
Note: after this change, you may need to move your .Rprofile, .Renviron, etc. files from Documents to the user profile directory.
Details
The default location for R's user "home" directory on Windows is X:\\Users\username\Documents. This is because there is no concept of HOME in Windows, just of a "personal" directory (Documents): https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#What-are-HOME-and-working-directories_003f
Therefore, by default, the personal library location is under X:\\Users\username\Documents\R\win-library\X.Y\. You can get the exact location on your machine with this command in the R console:
Sys.getenv('R_LIBS_USER')
I was getting this same cannot open file error when trying to install or update packages, even when running as administrator. I suspected of directory permissions, checked it within the directories' "properties" without luck. Removed the whole R\win-library tree and recreated it and nothing... Finally, I tried to move the personal library location to my users' directory:
.libPaths('X://Users/username/R/win-library/X.Y/')
And it worked!
Warning in install.packages :
cannot create file '/usr/local/Cellar/r/3.6.2/lib/R/doc/html/packages.html', reason 'Permission denied'
Warning in install.packages :
cannot update HTML package index
I had the same permission issue when trying to download a pkg--ISLR. Fixed it after following the above answers.
In case, some are new to R studio like me. These were my steps to install a pkg.
Click Terminal next to Console in R studio
Type sudo r, to run r as an administrator
install.packages("ISLR") to install your package
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/ISLR_1.2.tar.gz
Secure CRAN mirrors
1: 0-Cloud [https] 2: Australia (Canberra) [https]
3: Australia (Melbourne 1) [https] 4: Australia (Melbourne 2) [https]
Pick a number -- a mirror site, then click enter.
Voilà! Package installed.
I had faced also this issue. The one and only solution that helped me was to turn off my firewall. Then I was able to download all packages.
The problem solved for me after running R in admin mode and disabling Antivirus.
Translating #Shubham Yadav's answer to code mode would be something like this: install.packages("your_package", lib = "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.3/library")
It's working for me (running RStudio as admin, course).
This procedure worked for me.
Removed existing package with remove.packages()
ran RStudio as an admin
Installed by specifying the libpath: devtools::install_github('https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/tree/frollmax', lib=.libPaths()[2])
For me what worked was manually deleting within the library directory the folder that I had problem with updating. And then install.package() again.
I had faced the same issue.
I tried below steps to resolve this issue:
Launch RGui application.
Go to Packages section and select Install Packages.
Select the Package that you want to install from the Packages pop up window.
And click OK, that's it package will get successfully installed.
After following above steps, you can run use your package from RStudio.
I ran into this issue today where rlang couldn't install the newest version and so tidyverse wouldn't work. I tried running as admin, changing install location, running as admin, permitting rstudio through Windows Defender Randsomware Protection, and installing DevTools. The only thing that worked was to uninstall RStudio, reboot, reinstall.
I'm trying to put a project under version control in R-Studio. I have installed git and everything is working from the git bash command-line. However, when I go to Tools >> Version Control in R-Studio, it says "None" under "Version Control System."
I have attached a screenshot here: http://i.imgur.com/Arc12GG.png
Does anybody know how to fix this?
Even after setting the path to the git executable on my Mac at "Macintosh HD/usr/bin", RStudio still showed "None" for the version control option. In Terminal, I entered "config git" and was greeted by the message that I had to agree to the new Xcode/iOS license. I was able to do that in Terminal by typing "sudo xcodebuild", entering my admin password, then scrolling to the end of the agreement text and entering "agree". Then git showed up as an option for version control. I mention this in case others are stymied even after setting the path to the git executable.
For Windows 10 users, even if you had git lovingly installed at:
C:/Program Files (x86)/Git/bin/git.exe
At some stage the update install moves it into your AppData directory. Thanks Redmond. (I think around Git 2.6.4)
TO FIX:
Make sure like #arvi1000 says above "Did you specify the path to the git executable in Global Options (not project options)? " - set path first in Global options in Rstudio under Tools
Change path under Git/SVN the Git Executable path from Program files to new location of git.exe now in Appdata. e.g. for my userprofile Info:
C:\Users[Your user profile "Info"]\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\bin
Now look in RStudio Project Options under Git/SVN to set Version Control System.
MORE HELP
See these answers in this thread for more and if you cannot find git.exe this is a helpful search tip.