gRrain and Rgraphviz not available in the latest 3.6 R version - r

after updating my R version to 3.6.1 version - the rGrain and rGraphviz packages do not work. First the error was suggesting that the packages are not writable. However after updating some libraries and trying to source it outside from the BiocManager right now the error appears saying that the compilation fails. Does anybody know how to fix it?
I have already tried multiple options like sourcing it outside and directly from BiocManager and other sources however with no results.
I would appreciate any type of help suggesting how to fix or just install packages gRain and Rgraphviz.

Not writable is biocmanager being poorly programmed and somehow wanting to install some secondary packages into the main R folder in program files, rather than the usual R\win-library\ in documents.
You can workaround that by launching the R console or Studio with administrator privileges when installing/updating.

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Error: package or namespace load failed for 'ggplot2': package 'ggplot2' was installed before R 4.0.0: please re-install it Execution halted

I'm really stuck and need some help.
After installing R 4.0.2, I'm getting this error message on R visualizations in Power BI Desktop which were previously working
"Error: package or namespace load failed for 'ggplot2':
package 'ggplot2' was installed before R 4.0.0: please re-install it.
Execution halted"
I already tried to:
reinstall R 4.0.2
reinstall RStudio
reinstall ggplot2
reinstall all packages
reinstall Power BI Desktop. My version is August-2020
Still it does not work.
Considerations:
My visualizations were working well before I installed R 4.0.2
My visualizations are working well on other PCs
When I run the code on RStudio I don't get any error
Any thoughts?
You probably need to go here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/support/, but some guesses:
When you did the reinstall, you didn't clean up the old one, so you now have a mix of old and new versions of things. If you can run R code, run
system.file(package="ggplot2")
That's where it is finding the bad version of ggplot2. Get rid of it, and reinstall. If that's not enough, run
.libPaths()
in the broken copy of R. Completely eradicate every directory mentioned there, and reinstall R and all of your contributed packages. (I don't use Power BI, so this might also require you to wipe out some part of it: do so, and reinstall it.)
After all of this, run
packageDescription("ggplot2")
In the last line (or close to it) of what gets printed, you should see something like this:
Built: R 4.0.2; ; 2020-07-16 22:49:23 UTC; unix
If you see that it was built before 4.0.2, then either you missed deleting something, or you (or Microsoft) reinstalled some old version. Then it's probably time to contact that URL above.

Updating R, I do not understand the logic of how R works after updating R to latest version

I've come across a common problem but do not understand the logic of how R works.
So I had R 3.4 and all my libraries were in /usr/local/.../R/3.4 local direction. These libraries were installed using super user admin rights.
I've recently upgraded to R 4.0.0.2, and installed Rstudio, and do not run Rstudio as super user. I've created a new local direction ~/R/x86_ubuntu/4.0 local library.
Now the .libPaths() has the first entry as my local directory, and subsequent paths point to previous library paths.
So if i enter install.packages(foo), the error says,
This package package ‘foo’ was installed before R 4.0.0: please re-install it.Error: package ‘dotCall64’ could not be loaded.'
However I am re-installing the package from source, yet I get the error that I could not re-install it.
I have also tried the install.updates(check=TRUE,ask=FALSE) command and this still gave the same answer.
There are similar posts to this problem, but I just need an explanation as to why this is failing?
Is it because of the library paths conflict? R is trying to load a previous older 3.4 library directory?
This does not make sense because I've downloaded all my 4.0 libraries from source? why is it still pulling from the older versions?
Should I just remove other library paths? Should I delete my old previous library folders?

Unable to open the R/Cape Package

Currently running R version 3.6.2 and RStudio version 1.2.5033 (both the latest versions as of today).
I have installed the R/Cape package from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=cape, although when I try to load the package into R studio using:
library(cape)
I get the following from the RStudio console. RStudio then stops responding. I have tried this in just R as well and R also stops responding.
Can anybody please tell me if they've had any similar experiences and how they resolved them? Or if you've managed to install the 'cape' package how you did so?
The 'cape' library depends on other packages like 'htmltools' and many others. This is not an error message, just a warning. It means that some of the functions from 'tools:rstudio' will be replaced by other functions with the same name. See this answer which already addresses this.
As for the non-responsive behaviour, it is probably unrelated to the warnings discussed above. Try reinstalling R and updating all your packages. In Rstudio, you can update all your packages by clicking Tools > Update Packages > Select All > Install Updates.

RStudio Install Packages and Package Updates both download then fail with cannot open file

Running happily with R 3.4 and RStudio 1.0.143 under Win10 this problem occured bringing project development to a halt. Downloads each occur and are unzipped and then the a presumably first file in the first item gets:
Error in install.packages : cannot open file 'C:/Users/Admin/Documents/R/
win-library/3.4/file30504386b80/rJava/javadoc/resources/background.gif':
Permission denied
and the prompt returns.
Updating to R version 3.4.1 (2017-06-30), RStudio Version 1.0.153 was to no avail. Using the OS to remolve all R versions and trying again with 3.4.1 did not work. Removing R again and deleting the R directory to refresh the library did not work. My virius software like to tell how helpful it has been and has not, so that issue seems unlikely.
Giving the user full control of the R library did not help.
could package-updates be a tag like install-updates?
It looks there is a problem between Java and rJava.
You should try reinstalling Java using chocolatey package manager (https://chocolatey.org/) and then reinstall rJava package.
I had a similar issue two weeks ago on a windows laptop.
I had this problem for a long time. only in RStudio.
Install the package on R and Library it. Go to RStudio and require the package.
It works!

Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called 'Rcpp'

I am trying to embed RInside to my application on win7 64-bit system but when I initialize an RInside:
Rin = new RInside(argc, argv);
the following message appears:
Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called 'Rcpp'
This error only occurs with Windows.
I think you get that issue when your .libPaths() differ--in other words run the .libPaths() function to see the paths stored by R for its use. Then check where RInside is installed, and make sure Rcpp is installed there too. It is a setup issue.
In other words, it should work if you have Rcpp and RInside installed where the basic R libraries are. Otherwise you have to tell the (embedded) R session about the other location (and before it starts).
There are more Windows users on the list, so you could try asking on rcpp-devel.
First get your default library locations by command ".Library" in R.
Get Rcpp package from https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rcpp/index.html.
Unzip and copy folder "Rcpp" to your default library locations obtained from step1.
Now you are ready to install packages which have dependencies on Rcpp.
Dirk is right in this case, BUT if the .libPaths() does not work, then please also check if you have the latest packages.
I am posting this as an ancillary answer backup which I ran into with the shiny package backend switch of their code needing Rcpp!
In this case of getting the "no package" error message, I fixed it by:
Selecting devtools package and then using this line below. (if you don't have devtools then get it with install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("rstudio/shiny")
The development version of the package handled this better, and added the package as a dependency.
Mods - I realize this is an answer to an old question, but I might help others not wasting an hour like I just did.
You might find it easy if the answers are for both R studio users and non R studio users.
R Studio users
First get your default library locations by command ".Library" in R.
Get Rcpp package from https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rcpp/index.html.
Unzip and copy folder "Rcpp" to your default library locations obtained from step 1, you will find another folder named library, paste the unzip folder in it.
Non R studio Users
First get your default library locations by command ".libPath" in R.
Get Rcpp package from https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Rcpp/index.html.
Unzip and copy folder "Rcpp" to your default library locations obtained from step 1, you will find another folder named library, paste the unzip folder in it.
I was also getting this error while trying to run the 'ggplot' function from the ggplot2 package. After trying the suggestions posted here and elsewhere (checking file paths, restarting R, clearing out my environment, etc.) and encountering several other cryptic error messages, it turned out that I needed to download the latest version of base R for Windows (v3.4.1) and update my version of R-Studio to the latest version also (v1.0.153).
After doing this my 'ggplot' function was working again and I was able to render my figure from R Studio without any further issues.
I was also getting this message when trying to use ggplot. I first updating both my R for Windows to 3.4.3. Then updating R studio to version 1.1.423; then, updating all of the packages and being sure to access the R version 3.4.3 from R studio, I still got the message. None of these things fixed the error. I was ready to give up until I noticed that I was calling library(ggplot) and had ggplot::ggplot in my code. THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. I changed it to library(ggplot2) and the instance to ggplot2::ggplot(...). THIS FIXEd the problems.
I was facing a similar issue, and I simply installed the said package. It's working perfectly for me.

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