Install sp package binaries not possible? - r

Question

> install.packages("sf")
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/koyeli.majumder/Documents/R/win-library/3.3’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
also installing the dependency ‘units’
There are binary versions available but the source versions are later:
binary source needs_compilation
units 0.5-1 0.6-0 FALSE
sf 0.6-1 0.6-3 TRUE
Binaries will be installed
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.3/sf_0.6-1.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 39296219 bytes (37.5 MB)
downloaded 37.5 MB
package ‘sf’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
The downloaded binary packages are in
C:\Users\koyeli.majumder\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp6LwTYc\downloaded_packages
installing the source package ‘units’
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/units_0.6-0.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 912393 bytes (891 KB)
downloaded 891 KB
* installing *source* package 'units' ...
** package 'units' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
**********************************************
WARNING: this package has a configure script
It probably needs manual configuration
**********************************************
** libs
Warning: running command 'make -f "Makevars.win" -f "D:/RStudio/R-3.3.3/etc/x64/Makeconf" -f "D:/RStudio/R-3.3.3/share/make/winshlib.mk" SHLIB_LDFLAGS='$(SHLIB_CXXLDFLAGS)' SHLIB_LD='$(SHLIB_CXXLD)' SHLIB="units.dll" WIN=64 TCLBIN=64 OBJECTS="RcppExports.o io.o udunits.o"' had status 127
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'units'
* removing 'C:/Users/koyeli.majumder/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/units'
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"D:/RStudio/R-3.3.3/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Users\koyeli.majumder\Documents\R\win-library\3.3" C:\Users\KOYELI~1.MAJ\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp6LwTYc/downloaded_packages/units_0.6-0.tar.gz' had status 1
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘units’ had non-zero exit status
The downloaded source packages are in
‘C:\Users\koyeli.majumder\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp6LwTYc\downloaded_packages’
> library(sf)
Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) :
there is no package called ‘units’
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘sf’
At first I was unable to install also but after I uninstalled rgdal package, I could install sf package. But I'm unable to load it. Results in below error.
Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) :
there is no package called ‘units’
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘sf’
I'm unable to load package units also separately. I have a Windows 7 64 bit system.

Answer 1

Answer goes out to #Ralf Stubner.
You install units dependency package latest version. To compile sources into binaries you need to have installed Rtools package.
As an alternative you can use install.packages function with argument type = "binary" to install the older available binary package.
install.packages("units", type = "binary")