'digest' package won't install/update

[ancatdubh99]

I'm trying to install IRkernel via Rconsole.
As I install the initial packages I get a warning about the system not being able to update previous 'digest' package.

I tried to install it again or update it but with no success.
As a consequence of this my following command fails:

devtools::install_github('IRkernel/IRkernel')
Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) :
there is no package called ‘digest’

Any advice is welcome!

Thank you

[takluyver]

What happens if you run install.packages('digest')?

[ancatdubh99]

It gets installed and then ... same error

[takluyver]

Sorry, I don't know enough about R packages to suggest anything besides uninstalling R and installing it afresh. The digest package is a dependency of IRkernel.

[ancatdubh99]

No probs, thank you anyway!