Re: [R-pkg-devel] Problem with loading package "devtools" from CRAN.

2024-04-29 Thread Berwin A Turlach
G'day Rolf, On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:21:15 + Rolf Turner wrote: > Previously I got an error message from > > install.packages("devtools",lib="/home/rolf/Rlib") > > but now of course I cannot reproduce it. Presumably the install.packages() invocation did not produce an error message b

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Problem with loading package "devtools" from CRAN.

2024-04-29 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 30 April 2024 at 01:21, Rolf Turner wrote: | On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:30:20 -0500 | Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | | | | > These days, I strongly recommend r2u [1]. As you already use R via | > CRAN through apt, r2u adds one more repository after which _all_ R | > packages are handled via the s

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Problem with loading package "devtools" from CRAN.

2024-04-29 Thread Rolf Turner
Well, I just uninstalled the devtools that I had installed from github and ran install.packages("devtools",lib="/home/rolf/Rlib") No error message this time; the install went just fine. The explanation may lie in the plethora of packages that I re-installed when I invoked remotes::ins

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Problem with loading package "devtools" from CRAN.

2024-04-29 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Rolf, This question might have been more appropriate for r-sig-debian than here. But as Simon noted, the lack of detail makes is difficult to say anything to aid. It likely was an issue local to your setup and use. These days, I strongly recommend r2u [1]. As you already use R via CRAN through