Error when trying to install packages

[joeylip02]

Hello! I am trying to install a package and I keep getting this error.

sh: tar: command not found
Warning in install.packages :
error in running command
Warning in install.packages :
'tar' returned non-zero exit code 127
Error in install.packages : file ‘/var/folders/g6/9d86qz250bg1gljtx5qdjmkc0000gn/T//RtmpW9oRYH/downloaded_packages/Matrix_1.5-3.tgz’ is not a macOS binary package

I am on an M1 Mac, OS 11.2.3 and everything should be up to date. Anyone know how to fix this?

[AlexisW]

Do those two possibilities help?

[finestjava]

Hi Alexis,

Those two possibilities did not help at all.
I set aside the project I was working on and started some dialog with the package developer.
A few weeks later I decided to try again, and the script performed perfectly.

I believe the solution was in the original package.
Apple's switch to the M series chip created a great deal of software decoding that has taken awhile to migrate through the software community.

I appreciate the dedication of the CRAN developers to keep the software up-to-date in a reasonable time.

Thanks for asking

[dyudkin]

Has anything worked for you? I am 48 hours into trying to debug this problem with no luck.

I have posted my own similar problem here:

Error installing all R packages: "file not a macOS binary package"

I am having repeated errors when trying to install all packages in the new RStudio. I have tried on Mac Monterey and Ventura, and with old and new versions of RStudio. The packages do install in base R, so I know this is an RStudio problem. This is the most stubborn error I've ever encountered. Have spent the better part of 2 days trying to install any package on RStudio. ERROR MESSAGE: sh: tar: command not found Warning in install.packages : error in running command Warning in install.packages : 'tar' returned non-zero exit code 127 Error in install.packages : file ‘/var/folders/sb/fll6frln7pqg42sztcn6z_4c0000gn/T//RtmpuMXPIZ/downloaded_packages/sys_3.4.1.tgz’ is not a macOS binary…

I noticed that someone else had a similar problem here:

No packages are installing for me

Hello, I am reasonably new to R and have been struggling to install any packages since upgrading to the latest version (4.2.1) on Thursday. I have been trying to install "remotes" but i keep getting error messages, this is true for every package i try to install, including packages i have installed in the past. This is the error message i get every time i try to install a package: sh: tar: command not found Warning in install.packages : error in running command Warning in install.packages : 'tar' returned non-zero exit code 127 Error in install.packages : file ‘/var/folders/j3/ll8nh0_j335dx_09mny00phc0000gn/T//RtmpjUNsao/downloaded_packages/remotes_2.4.2.tgz’ is not a macOS binary pa…

Anything I should do differently other than wait?