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Crash on install_github remains #532
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When does it crash? |
When I run |
I tried to narrow things down a bit:
In all three cases, I used the Rtools 3.1. So I'm guessing, that it has to do with some package that |
Okay, I think I got it narrowed down to being a problem with RCurl version Starting from my old installation of R-3.1.0, the only package that HTH,
The only dependency for which a new version is available for
Before updating
After the update, the whole thing fails:
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Maybe try 1.95-4.3? It looks like that was just released - I suspect that was a quick fix for the problem you're seeing in .2. |
I would like to, but compiling RCurl from source on Windows seems to be a bit tricky with respect to |
Hey there Rappster. I'm actually experiencing the same issue you've been troubleshooting today. I just had to update all my R packages today, leaving me with an RCurl installation that crashes my R session every time I need to use devtools. Seeing as how it's nearing the end of my day, I thought I'd make my way to Stack Overflow, only to find that you already posted this issue there. 👍 Thanks so much for going through the trouble to uncover this troublesome package. I'll let you know if I make any progress on my end, and I'll keep an eye out to see you if make any as well. |
For what it's worth, I found a workaround that works for me;
The package should be installed. |
Rappster and Hadley, Thanks for both of your efforts in understanding this bug. CRAN now has a binary file for v.1.95-4.3 of RCurl hosted on its site. After downloading it, and building it from source, I have a working version of RCurl on my windows machine again. |
I have the same problem as described here and also followed the advice with
update.packages(checkBuilt = TRUE)
.Still, R crashes upon calling
install_github()
:At first I thought, that my Rtools might not be recognized correctly (
zip
/unzip
), but the tools are attached to my path and I can access them:The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: