Unable to install in RStudio

[shatadrusaha]

Hello,

I am trying to install the package, but getting the following error.

install.packages("uaparserjs")
Warning in install.packages :
package ‘uaparserjs’ is not available (for R version 3.4.3)

I also noticed the package hasn't been updated since 2016 but the pdf does say that it is compatible with R (>= 3.0.0). Could someone help me.

Regards

[hrbrmstr]

it's in CRAN: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/uaparserjs/index.html

if you're on Windows, you need to install from source since there are issues with that terrible operating system and the way memory is allocated to the V8 engine that powers the package.

[randomgambit]

same error for me on linux this time

install.packages("uaparserjs", dependencies = TRUE,type = 'source')

I get a ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘V8’ so the package does not install.

* package ‘V8’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
Using PKG_CFLAGS=-I/usr/include/v8-3.14
Using PKG_LIBS=-lv8
------------------------- ANTICONF ERROR ---------------------------
```Configuration failed because  was not found. Try installing:

[hrbrmstr]

It's not the same error. That's a V8 installation error which I (fortunately 😎) have no control over. You'll need to fix that and try again.

The other errors (Windows) are due to the really poorly configured binary DLL installation of V8 for Windows which has super-low settings.

Using this package at-scale is not recommended anyway. I only made it due to the persnikety requirements of https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-r (it's a PITA to compile on macOS and has some serious other C++ dependencies as well).

[randomgambit]

ok got it, thanks. I ended up using user-agent in python which seems ok
by the way, I would really appreciate your input about my question here hrbrmstr/splashr#18 if you have 3 min :D

Thanks!!

[hrbrmstr]

works on windows now and on cran!