I have a question that is very similar to this post, but with slightly different conditions
I'm running R version 4.1.0 on ubuntu 24.04
I can install packages normally with for instance
install.packages("here")
However when I initialize an renv
renv::init()
install.packages("here")
I get the following error
> Error: package 'here' is not available
> In addition: Warning message:
> could not retrieve available packages for url 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib'
> Traceback (most recent calls last):
> 8: install.packages("here")
> 7: install(pkgs)
> 6: retrieve(names(remotes))
> 5: handler(package, renv_retrieve_impl(package))
> 4: renv_retrieve_impl(package)
> 3: renv_available_packages_latest(package)
> 2: stopf("package '%s' is not available", package)
> 1: stop(sprintf(fmt, ...), call. = call.)
> > restore(repos="https://cloud.r-project.org")
> Error in restore(repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org") :
> could not find function "restore"
> > renv::version()
> Error: 'version' is not an exported object from 'namespace:renv'
utils::install.packages()works directly
renv::diagnostics() returns
renv::diagnostics()
> Diagnostics Report [renv 0.16.0]
> ================================
>
> # Session Info =======================
> R version 4.1.3 (2022-03-10)
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> Running under: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
>
> Matrix products: default
> BLAS: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openblas-pthread/libblas.so.3
> LAPACK: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openblas-pthread/libopenblasp-r0.3.26.so
>
> locale:
> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C
> [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
> [5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
> [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C
> [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C
> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats graphics grDevices datasets utils methods base
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] compiler_4.1.3 tools_4.1.3 renv_0.16.0
>
> # Project ============================
> Project path: "~/Projects/TestInstall2024May"
>
> # Status =============================
> * The project is already synchronized with the lockfile.
>
> # Packages ===========================
> Library Source Lockfile Source Path Dependency
> KernSmooth 2.23-20 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> MASS 7.3-55 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> Matrix 1.4-0 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> boot 1.3-28 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> class 7.3-20 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> cluster 2.1.2 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> codetools 0.2-18 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> foreign 0.8-82 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> lattice 0.20-45 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> mgcv 1.8-39 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> nlme 3.1-155 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> nnet 7.3-17 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> renv 0.16.0 CRAN 0.16.0 CRAN [1] direct
> rpart 4.1.16 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> spatial 7.3-15 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> survival 3.2-13 CRAN <NA> <NA> [2] <NA>
> utils <NA> <NA> <NA> <NA> [2] indirect
>
> [1]: /home/jacob/Projects/TestInstall2024May/renv/library/R-4.1/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> [2]: /home/jacob/Projects/TestInstall2024May/renv/sandbox/R-4.1/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/dbd573bd
>
> # ABI ================================
> * No ABI conflicts were detected in the set of installed packages.
>
> # User Profile =======================
> [no user profile detected]
>
> # Settings ===========================
> List of 10
> $ bioconductor.version : chr(0)
> $ external.libraries : chr(0)
> $ ignored.packages : chr(0)
> $ package.dependency.fields: chr [1:3] "Imports" "Depends" "LinkingTo"
> $ r.version : chr(0)
> $ snapshot.type : chr "implicit"
> $ use.cache : logi TRUE
> $ vcs.ignore.cellar : logi TRUE
> $ vcs.ignore.library : logi TRUE
> $ vcs.ignore.local : logi TRUE
>
> # Options ============================
> List of 9
> $ defaultPackages : chr [1:6] "datasets" "utils" "grDevices" "graphics" ...
> $ download.file.method : NULL
> $ download.file.extra : NULL
> $ install.packages.compile.from.source: NULL
> $ pkgType : chr "source"
> $ repos : Named chr "https://cloud.r-project.org"
> ..- attr(*, "names")= chr "CRAN"
> $ renv.consent : logi TRUE
> $ renv.project.path : chr "/home/jacob/Projects/TestInstall2024May"
> $ renv.verbose : logi TRUE
>
> # Environment Variables ==============
> HOME = /home/jacob
> LANG = en_US.UTF-8
> MAKE = make
> R_LIBS = <NA>
> R_LIBS_SITE =
> R_LIBS_USER = /home/jacob/Projects/TestInstall2024May/renv/library/R-4.1/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu:/home/jacob/Projects/TestInstall2024May/renv/sandbox/R-4.1/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/dbd573bd
> RENV_DEFAULT_R_ENVIRON = <NA>
> RENV_DEFAULT_R_ENVIRON_USER = <NA>
> RENV_DEFAULT_R_LIBS = <NA>
> RENV_DEFAULT_R_LIBS_SITE =
> RENV_DEFAULT_R_LIBS_USER = ~/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/4.1
> RENV_DEFAULT_R_PROFILE = <NA>
> RENV_DEFAULT_R_PROFILE_USER = <NA>
> RENV_PROJECT = /home/jacob/Projects/TestInstall2024May
>
> # PATH ===============================
> - /home/jacob/bin
> - /usr/local/sbin
> - /usr/local/bin
> - /usr/sbin
> - /usr/bin
> - /sbin
> - /bin
> - /usr/games
> - /usr/local/games
> - /snap/bin
> - /snap/bin
>
> # Cache ==============================
> There are a total of 0 package(s) installed in the renv cache.
> Cache path: "~/.cache/R/renv/cache/v5/R-4.1/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
getOption("repos")
> CRAN
> "https://cloud.r-project.org"
Here's where things get a bit strange
getOption("download.file.method") returns
>NULL
renv:::renv_download_file_method()
>Error: object 'renv_download_file_method' not found
Setting Sys.setenv(RENV_DOWNLOAD_FILE_METHOD = "libcurl") has absolutely no effect
Runiing any of the following
options(renv.download.override = utils::download.file)
activating R,
restarting R
reinstalling renv with its dependencies using
utils::install.packages("renv", dependencies = TRUE)
using renv::install()
I'm out of ideas. Can anyone advise me how to get things up and running? I'm happy to post this somewhere else, like the renv github if this is the wrong place.