Facing Problem in installing "fansi" package

[jeff3232]

Hello guys, I am very new to R.. Iam facing some problem in installing the package 'fansi' in RStudio. Can anyone help? I am using Windows OS.

[andresrcs]

You are choosing to install the latest version from source, which requires compilation, but you haven't installed RTools (software that bundles the required compilers).

You have two options, either install a suitable version (for your R version) of RTools in your system or install the older binary version of the package.

You can download older versions of RTools from here

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