R will not install packages - r

Question

RStudio is not letting me install any new packages. As an example, I attempted to install "rio" today and got the following message:
install.packages("rio")
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/kjl5444/Documents/R/win-library/3.2’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning in install.packages :
dependency ‘openxlsx’ is not available
There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
binary source needs_compilation
rio 0.4.0 0.5.5 FALSE
installing the source package ‘rio’
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/rio_0.5.5.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 390824 bytes (381 KB)
downloaded 381 KB
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/Program Files/R/R-32~1.2/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Users\kjl5444\Documents\R\win-library\3.2" C:\Users\kjl5444\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpaQwlLL/downloaded_packages/rio_0.5.5.tar.gz' had status 1
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘rio’ had non-zero exit status
The downloaded source packages are in
‘C:\Users\kjl5444\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpaQwlLL\downloaded_packages’
> library(rio)
Error in library(rio) : there is no package called ‘rio’
Any help on deciphering and fixing this error?

Answer 1

While trying to install the rio package in Microsoft windows. I faced an error. In order to resolve that issue, I googled and came to this page.
I know this post is a bit old post but thought to share it for those who face a similar issue in installing this package.
Similar to this post:
Error: "there is no package called ..." and trying to use install.packages to solve it
I could only install rio when I used the command:
install.packages('rio', dependencies = TRUE, repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')
Perhaps it can help you successfully install the required packages as it ensures that dependencies are also installed along with the required package.