I tried to install R packages using RStudio Package Manager using the following code:
install.packages("dplyr", type = "source")
and
install.packages("dplyr")
and it gives the following error:
Error in install.packages : invalid version specification 'r56550'
What should I do? I tried to google the error but nothing comes up. I have tried to delete and reinstall R and RStudio but i still received the error. I tried to download both the existing binary and the source file and neither ways worked. I tried to install different packages and repeated in both R and Rstudio and nothing worked.
Thank you!
Update 1: I'm using R version 4.0.5 and RStudio version 1.4.1106. I have also downloaded Rtools40 according to the instruction in the following website: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/. I'm using Windows. By 'R Manager' I meant the package manager console in RStudio.
Update 2: I'm not sure if there is no network issue or proxy. If I download the packages directly through the CRAN mirror, then it works. But we are trying to download packages in an offline environment, that's why I need RStudio Package Manager.
I am trying to install mvpart and MVPARTwrap packages in R version 3.6.1.
I install on my PC the folder of these two packages in zip version and load them in the relative folder of the package.
When I run the script library(mvpart) I get this message:
ERROR: 'mvpart' package was built before R 3.0.0: please reinstall it."
I try to load this library in the old version of R (version 2.15) and the message is
in install.packages (mvpart): object 'mvpart' not found".
I do not understand why it is impossible to load this package. Thanks so much.
Maybe the answer is no more relevant, but I just had to install those libraries so maybe it will still help someone later. I suggest the install from github as it will install dependencies, you need however to be able to compile the source. So here we go :
first install rtools if it is not already installed go here and follow the instruction
update/install devtools if necessary as described here
using this command, it should work now. you may be asked to update some packages, accept all
devtools::install_github("cran/mvpart")
Installing Quantstrat Issues. I am running the latest versions of R, RStudio, and Rtools. I have installed devtools / remotes packages and cannot seem to get quantstrat installed. enter image description here
I had similar problems too. Installing quantstrat via cmd works well for me. Here are the steps:
Create a folder for packages i.e RPackages\
Download the file from github to that specific folder and extract the files to the library name. i.e RPackages\quantstrat\
go on command line and goto RPackages
Type" R CMD build quantstrat
If it was successful, you will get a message like "building 'package_name_version_number.tar.gz'"
Now type: R CMD INSTALL package_name_version_number.tar.gz
Let me know if you have any other challenges.
I get the following error at step 4:
'R' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
what do I need to do to overcome this.
Here is the fix that worked for me:
There could be version issues depending on what version of R that you have especially for Blotter and PerformanceAnalytics. Since PerformanceAnalytics to install blotter, you must ensure that version force compatibility and the easiest way is just to install it fresh. Start by installing PerformanceAnalytics then blotter then quantstrat and you should be in good shape. Use the code below and let me know how your results turn out. Took me a few hours to solve it, but just got it done today (7/27/2020)
install.packages("PerformanceAnalytics")
remotes::install_github("braverock/blotter")
remotes::install_github("braverock/quantstrat", force = TRUE)
I am running R 3.2.2 on Windows 8. After installing R packages, rattle and rpart.plot in RStudio an error message propped up in a separate panel.
Rterm.exe - System Error.
The program can't start because libatk-1.0-0.dll is missing from your computer.
Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
Does anybody have any clue as to what this means and how to fix this?
Thank you all for your inputs. I managed to figure it out.
The problem arose as a result of missing GTK+ file. I'm not exactly sure what GTK+ really is, but I know that GTK+ is a preliminary file needed to install the Rattle Package. Here's the step I took to download the GTK+ file.
First, remove all the tabs opened in RStudio.
Use install.packages to download Rattle package. A window should pop up asking to see if you want to download GTK+. Click Yes.
Restart RStudio.
I tried closing all the tabs and installing rattle but no pop up appear for me. I then tried installing the package "RGTK2" (fyi, my R studio is version 3.2.0) and after completing this installation, the error message can be closed off.
I restarted Rstudio and the rterm.exe error didn't appear anymore.
I had this issue.
1) Close all open source code tabs
2) install.packages("RGtk2")
I didn't even need to restart R-Studio
I just wanted to add a variation of this error. The error only appeared when using RStudio and not in the RGui. I followed Daniel Lee's answer but with no luck at first, but it pointed me in the right direction. I closed RStudio and opened The R console (RGui), and decided to uninstall the rattle package first, and then reinstalled it again. I never got the pop-up asking about downloading the GTK+. It was only when I specifically tried to run rattle: rattle() that rattle complained that the it could not find the GTK+ and prompted me to download and install it. As it turned out I had already downloaded this via another source, so rattle could not install it as it was already installed and was presented with the following warning:
Warning messages:
1: Failed to load RGtk2 dynamic library, attempting to install it.
2: In dir.create(config_path, recursive = TRUE) :
'C:\Users\[me]\Documents\R\win-library\3.3\RGtk2\gtk\x64\etc\gtk-2.0' already exists
I then attempted to start rattle, which was successful. I then started up RStudio and again fire up rattle again with success, and the error libatk-1.0-0.dll is missing has now disappeared.
Current setup: R version 3.3.0, RStudio version 0.99.896
Try uninstalling the rattle package, then it will prompt to install GTK+. Install that and then cancel the uninstall of the rattle package. Quit R studio and restart it. The libtak error will disappear.
I would only get this error when running RStudio. I did close all my RStudio tabs and cleared the workspace as suggested by others. Installing rattle from RStudio would still produce the error. For me, it looks like RStudio could not install RGtk2 due to some permissions issue (i.e. Access Denied with removing the old RGtk2).
I had to manually delete rattle and RGtk2 folders from my R library folder (for me it was in my users folder My Documents\R\win-library\3.3). Then from Rgui (NOT RStudio), I did install.packages("rattle"). This also installed RGtk2 without any permissions issues. The error is now gone.
Incase if it has occured from installing the rattle package in R,Just uninstall the package using remove.packages() and restart the R session. The error dissapears :)
To answer the question:
Does anybody have any clue as to what this means ?
It happens in RStudio and is related to rattle which uses RGtk2. -
This problem is because you had order version of RGtk2 installed (likely 2.20.30), which was the highest possible version for earlier version of RStudio (likely 1.0.44 or earlier) and which is required for rattle. Now when you installed new version of RStudio (1.0.143), it is not compatible with older RGtk2 version. Once you install RGtk2 again (just from Tools menu or run install.packages("RGtk2") in RStudio) , it will overwrite the old version of RGtk2 with newest (2.20.33 version), which is now compatible with 1.0.143 version of RStudio, and this fixes the problem.
I am running OSX 10.10, R-Studio Version 0.99.484, and R version 3.2.2.
I just made a fresh install of R and R-Studio using the installers from their respective websites. I use install.packages to install "mosaic" and then I try loading it using library, but it gives me the following error:
library("mosaic", lib.loc="/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library")
Error : object ‘dendro_data.hclust’ is not exported by 'namespace:ggdendro'
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘mosaic’
I tried reinstalling ggdendro but nothing. Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this issue?
I encountered this same error and seem to have somewhere along the way resolved it. Steps taken include:
cleaned out my libraries (local and System)
used Disk Utility to repair any odd permissions
reinstalled R
opened RStudio and imported package with dependencies from the repository:
> install.packages("mosaic", lib="/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library")
console prompted me to choose the older precompiled package or the newer, I chose older
Do you want to install from sources the package which needs compilation?
y/n: n
mosaic loaded happily
> library("mosaic", lib.loc="/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.2/Resources/library")