I'm not sure if this is a Posit Package Manager issue or an renv issue, but when I try to install Rcpp using renv 1.1.4 on MacOS, it is attempting to install Rcpp 1.3 instead of 1.0.14, and then errors with ERROR: a 'NAMESPACE' file is required. While renv::install('Rcpp') errors out, I can get a successful installation with renv::install('Rcpp@1.0.14').
The version numbers for Rcpp on Posit Package Manager look odd, where I see 1.3 as an archived version, but the latest version number appears lower at 1.0.14. I don't see version 1.3 when I look at the CRAN archive here: Index of /src/contrib/Archive/Rcpp. Maybe this is the source of the issue.
> renv::install('Rcpp')
# Downloading packages -------------------------------------------------------
- Downloading Rcpp from CRAN ... OK [file is up to date]
Successfully downloaded 1 package in 41 milliseconds.
The following package(s) will be installed:
- Rcpp [1.3]
These packages will be installed into "~/Downloads/temp/test-rmysql/renv/library/macos/R-4.4/aarch64-apple-darwin20".
Do you want to proceed? [Y/n]: Y
# Installing packages --------------------------------------------------------
- Installing Rcpp ... FAILED
Error: Error installing package 'Rcpp':
================================
* installing *source* package ‘Rcpp’ ...
** using staged installation
checking for C++ compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether clang++ -arch arm64 -std=gnu++17 accepts -g... yes
rm: conftest.dSYM: is a directory
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... clang++ -arch arm64 -std=gnu++17 -E
Building MyLib in inst/lib...
clang++ -arch arm64 -std=gnu++17 -falign-functions=64 -Wall -g -O2 -I/opt/R/arm64/include -I/opt/homebrew/include -I../inst/lib -c -o Adder.o Adder.cpp
clang++ -arch arm64 -std=gnu++17 -falign-functions=64 -Wall -g -O2 -I/opt/R/arm64/include -I/opt/homebrew/include -I../inst/lib -c -o Multiplier.o Multiplier.cpp
ar r libMyLib.a Adder.o Multiplier.o
ar: creating archive libMyLib.a
ranlib libMyLib.a
Copying source files to inst/doc...
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating src/Makevars
ERROR: a 'NAMESPACE' file is required
* removing ‘/Users/lmendelowitz/Downloads/temp/test-rmysql/renv/staging/1/Rcpp’
install of package 'Rcpp' failed [error code 1]
Traceback (most recent calls last):
12: renv::install("Rcpp")
11: renv_install_impl(records) at install.R#250
10: if (staged)
renv_install_staged(records)
else
renv_install_default(records) at install.R#294
9: renv_install_default(records) at install.R#314
8: handler(package, renv_install_package(record)) at install.R#417
7: handler(package, renv_install_package(record)) at install.R#417
6: withCallingHandlers(
renv_install_package_impl(record),
error = function(e) writef("FAILED")
) at install.R#450
5: withCallingHandlers(
renv_install_package_impl(record),
error = function(e) writef("FAILED")
) at install.R#450
4: if (copyable)
renv_file_copy(path, installpath, overwrite = TRUE)
else
r_cmd_install(package, path) at install.R#661
3: if (!identical(status, 0L))
r_exec_error(package, output, "install", status) at r.R#234
2: abort(all) at r.R#52
1: stop(fallback) at abort.R#44
> sessionInfo()
R version 4.4.3 (2025-02-28)
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin20
Running under: macOS Sequoia 15.5
Matrix products: default
BLAS: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.4-arm64/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib
LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.4-arm64/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib; LAPACK version 3.12.0
locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
time zone: America/New_York
tzcode source: internal
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices datasets utils methods base
loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_4.4.3 tools_4.4.3 renv_1.1.3
> options('repos')
$repos
CRAN
"https://packagemanager.posit.co/cran/latest"
> renv::diagnostics()
Diagnostics Report [renv 1.1.3]
===============================
# Session Info ---------------------------------------------------------------
R version 4.4.3 (2025-02-28)
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin20
Running under: macOS Sequoia 15.5
Matrix products: default
BLAS: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.4-arm64/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib
LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.4-arm64/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib; LAPACK version 3.12.0
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[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
time zone: America/New_York
tzcode source: internal
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices datasets utils methods base
loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_4.4.3 tools_4.4.3 renv_1.1.3
# Project --------------------------------------------------------------------
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No issues found -- the project is in a consistent state.
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