Issue with installing packages in Mac OS

I downloaded R on Mac OS and I am unable to install any package. I keep getting error ( example below). i have the following R verion

> version
               _                           
platform       aarch64-apple-darwin20      
arch           aarch64                     
os             darwin20                    
system         aarch64, darwin20           
status                                     
major          4                           
minor          5.2                         
year           2025                        
month          10                          
day            31                          
svn rev        88974                       
language       R                           
version.string R version 4.5.2 (2025-10-31)
nickname       [Not] Part in a Rumble   

I am using Mac OS Tahoe 26.0. Can you please explain that why i cannot install any package.

> install.packages("tidyverse")
also installing the dependencies ‘systemfonts’, ‘textshaping’, ‘clipr’, ‘vroom’, ‘tzdb’, ‘callr’, ‘fs’, ‘knitr’, ‘rmarkdown’, ‘selectr’, ‘stringi’, ‘broom’, ‘conflicted’, ‘dbplyr’, ‘dplyr’, ‘dtplyr’, ‘forcats’, ‘ggplot2’, ‘googledrive’, ‘googlesheets4’, ‘haven’, ‘httr’, ‘lubridate’, ‘modelr’, ‘purrr’, ‘ragg’, ‘readr’, ‘reprex’, ‘rstudioapi’, ‘rvest’, ‘stringr’, ‘tidyr’, ‘xml2’
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/systemfonts_1.3.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/textshaping_1.0.4.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/clipr_0.8.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/vroom_1.6.6.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/tzdb_0.5.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/callr_3.7.6.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/fs_1.6.6.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/knitr_1.50.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/rmarkdown_2.30.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/selectr_0.4-2.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/stringi_1.8.7.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/broom_1.0.10.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/conflicted_1.2.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/dbplyr_2.5.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/dplyr_1.1.4.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/dtplyr_1.3.2.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/forcats_1.0.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/ggplot2_4.0.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/googledrive_2.1.2.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/googlesheets4_1.1.2.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/haven_2.5.5.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/httr_1.4.7.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/lubridate_1.9.4.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/modelr_0.1.11.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/purrr_1.2.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/ragg_1.5.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/readr_2.1.5.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/reprex_2.1.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/rstudioapi_0.17.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/rvest_1.0.5.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/stringr_1.6.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/tidyr_1.3.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/xml2_1.4.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/tidyverse_2.0.0.tgz'
systemfonts/doc/fonts_basics.html: truncated gzip input: Unknown error: -1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
Error: file ‘/var/folders/wh/y23q8k2s0055h4j3qtct9w8h0000gn/T//RtmpWWCjZm/downloaded_packages/systemfonts_1.3.1.tgz’ is not a macOS binary package
In addition: There were 32 warnings (use warnings() to see them)

Have you looked at the warnings? I.e. try calling warnings() after the installation fails.

Do you have the Xcode command line tools installed?

What do you get if you call these?

Sys.which("gzip")
Sys.which("tar")

The Warnings i get are as follows:

> warnings()
Warning messages:
1: In .rs.downloadFile(url = c("https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/fastmap_1.2.0.tgz",  ... :
  URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/bslib_0.9.0.tgz': Timeout of 60 seconds was reached
2: In .rs.downloadFile(url = c("https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/fastmap_1.2.0.tgz",  ... :
  URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/openssl_2.3.4.tgz': Timeout of 60 seconds was reached
3: In .rs.downloadFile(url = c("https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/fastmap_1.2.0.tgz",  ... :
  URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/systemfonts_1.3.1.tgz': Timeout of 60 seconds was reached
4: In .rs.downloadFile(url = c("https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/fastmap_1.2.0.tgz",  ... :
  URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/textshaping_1.0.4.tgz': Timeout of 60 seconds was reached
5: In .rs.downloadFile(url = c("https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/fastmap_1.2.0.tgz",  ... :
  URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/stringi_1.8.7.tgz': Timeout of 60 seconds was reached
6: In .rs.downloadFile(url = c("https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/fastmap_1.2.0.tgz",  ... :
  URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/broom_1.0.10.tgz': Timeout of 60 seconds was reached
7: In .rs.downloadFile(url = c("https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/fastmap_1.2.0.tgz",  ... :
  URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/ggplot2_4.0.0.tgz': Timeout of 60 seconds was reached
8: In .rs.downloadFile(url = c("https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/fastmap_1.2.0.tgz",  ... :
  URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/googledrive_2.1.2.tgz': Timeout of 60 seconds was reached
9: In .rs.downloadFile(url = c("https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/fastmap_1.2.0.tgz",  ... :
  some files were not downloaded
10: 'tar' returned non-zero exit code 1
11: 'tar' returned non-zero exit code 1

I run the commands you suggested as follows:

> Sys.which("gzip")
           gzip 
"/usr/bin/gzip" 
> Sys.which("tar")
           tar 
"/usr/bin/tar" 

This seems like a download error, coming from RStudio.

It might work from a terminal, it might even work from an RStudio terminal. If it does, then consider reporting a bug for RStudio.

I tried from the RStudio Terminal and the issue still exists:

> install.packages("tidyverse")
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Secure CRAN mirrors 

 1: 0-Cloud [https]                   2: Australia (Canberra) [https]   
 3: Australia (Melbourne 1) [https]   4: Australia (Melbourne 2) [https]
 5: Austria (Wien) [https]            6: Belgium (Brussels) [https]     
 7: Brazil (PR) [https]               8: Brazil (SP 1) [https]          
 9: Brazil (SP 2) [https]            10: Bulgaria [https]               
11: Canada (MB) [https]              12: Canada (ON 1) [https]          
13: Canada (ON 2) [https]            14: Chile (Santiago) [https]       
15: China (Beijing 1) [https]        16: China (Beijing 2) [https]      
17: China (Beijing 3) [https]        18: China (Hefei) [https]          
19: China (Hong Kong) [https]        20: China (Lanzhou) [https]        
21: China (Nanjing) [https]          22: China (Shanghai 2) [https]     
23: China (Shenzhen) [https]         24: China (Wuhan) [https]          
25: Colombia (Cali) [https]          26: Costa Rica [https]             
27: Cyprus [https]                   28: Czech Republic [https]         
29: Denmark [https]                  30: East Asia [https]              
31: Ecuador (Cuenca) [https]         32: Finland (Helsinki) [https]     
33: France (Lyon 1) [https]          34: France (Lyon 2) [https]        
35: France (Paris 1) [https]         36: Germany (Erlangen) [https]     
37: Germany (Göttingen) [https]      38: Germany (Leipzig) [https]      
39: Germany (Münster) [https]        40: Greece [https]                 
41: Hungary [https]                  42: Iceland [https]                
43: India (Bengaluru) [https]        44: India (Bhubaneswar) [https]    
45: Indonesia (Banda Aceh) [https]   46: Iran (Mashhad) [https]         
47: Italy (Milano) [https]           48: Italy (Padua) [https]          
49: Japan (Yonezawa) [https]         50: Korea (Gyeongsan-si) [https]   
51: Mexico (Mexico City) [https]     52: Mexico (Texcoco) [https]       
53: Morocco [https]                  54: Netherlands (Dronten) [https]  
55: New Zealand [https]              56: Norway [https]                 
57: Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) [https]    58: Spain (A Coruña) [https]       
59: Spain (Madrid) [https]           60: Sweden (Umeå) [https]          
61: Switzerland (Zurich 1) [https]   62: Taiwan (Taipei) [https]        
63: UK (Bristol) [https]             64: UK (London 1) [https]          
65: USA (IA) [https]                 66: USA (MI) [https]               
67: USA (OH) [https]                 68: USA (OR) [https]               
69: USA (PA 1) [https]               70: USA (TN) [https]               
71: USA (UT) [https]                 72: United Arab Emirates [https]   
73: Uruguay [https]                  74: (other mirrors)                


Selection: 1
also installing the dependencies ‘openssl’, ‘timechange’, ‘utf8’, ‘systemfonts’, ‘textshaping’, ‘clipr’, ‘crayon’, ‘vroom’, ‘tzdb’, ‘progress’, ‘callr’, ‘fs’, ‘knitr’, ‘rmarkdown’, ‘selectr’, ‘stringi’, ‘broom’, ‘conflicted’, ‘cli’, ‘dbplyr’, ‘dplyr’, ‘dtplyr’, ‘forcats’, ‘ggplot2’, ‘googledrive’, ‘googlesheets4’, ‘haven’, ‘hms’, ‘httr’, ‘jsonlite’, ‘lubridate’, ‘magrittr’, ‘modelr’, ‘pillar’, ‘purrr’, ‘ragg’, ‘readr’, ‘readxl’, ‘reprex’, ‘rlang’, ‘rstudioapi’, ‘rvest’, ‘stringr’, ‘tibble’, ‘tidyr’, ‘xml2’

trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/openssl_2.3.4.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/timechange_0.3.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/utf8_1.2.6.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/systemfonts_1.3.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/textshaping_1.0.4.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/clipr_0.8.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/crayon_1.5.3.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/vroom_1.6.6.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/tzdb_0.5.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/progress_1.2.3.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/callr_3.7.6.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/fs_1.6.6.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/knitr_1.50.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/rmarkdown_2.30.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/selectr_0.4-2.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/stringi_1.8.7.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/broom_1.0.10.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/conflicted_1.2.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/cli_3.6.5.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/dbplyr_2.5.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/dplyr_1.1.4.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/dtplyr_1.3.2.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/forcats_1.0.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/ggplot2_4.0.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/googledrive_2.1.2.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/googlesheets4_1.1.2.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/haven_2.5.5.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/hms_1.1.4.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/httr_1.4.7.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/jsonlite_2.0.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/lubridate_1.9.4.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/magrittr_2.0.4.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/modelr_0.1.11.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/pillar_1.11.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/purrr_1.2.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/ragg_1.5.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/readr_2.1.6.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/readxl_1.4.5.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/reprex_2.1.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/rlang_1.1.6.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/rstudioapi_0.17.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/rvest_1.0.5.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/stringr_1.6.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/tibble_3.3.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/tidyr_1.3.1.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/xml2_1.5.0.tgz'
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/tidyverse_2.0.0.tgz'
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘openssl’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘timechange’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘systemfonts’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘textshaping’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘vroom’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘tzdb’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘callr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘fs’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘knitr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘rmarkdown’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘selectr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘stringi’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘broom’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘conflicted’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘cli’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘dbplyr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘dplyr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘dtplyr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘forcats’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘ggplot2’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘googledrive’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘googlesheets4’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘haven’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘hms’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘httr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘jsonlite’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘lubridate’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘magrittr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘modelr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘pillar’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘purrr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘ragg’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘readr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘readxl’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘reprex’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘rlang’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘rstudioapi’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘rvest’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘stringr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘tibble’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘tidyr’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘xml2’ failed
Warning in download.packages(pkgs, destdir = tmpd, available = available,  :
  download of package ‘tidyverse’ failed

The downloaded binary packages are in
        /var/folders/wh/y23q8k2s0055h4j3qtct9w8h0000gn/T//Rtmp6fF7ml/downloaded_packages
There were 45 warnings (use warnings() to see them)

As you mentioned that i should consider reporting a bug for RStudio, Can you kindly tell me where and how to report this?

An additional detail i just want to provide is that I recently started using an M5 Mac book Pro where I just downloaded R and RStudio. Maybe does it have to do something with this MacOS system?

If the issue still exists, then it is probably not an RStudio issue.

Are you behind a firewall or proxy? Can you access those URLs from your web browser?

Does this work?

download.file("https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/utf8_1.2.6.tgz", tempfile())

The firewall is inactive. Yes I can access theURLs from your web browser?
The URL you mentioned https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/utf8_1.2.6.tgz works on browser.

More over when i run this (below):

download.file("https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/utf8_1.2.6.tgz", tempfile())

It works (see below)

> download.file("https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/utf8_1.2.6.tgz", tempfile())
trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/utf8_1.2.6.tgz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 209736 bytes (204 KB)
==================================================
downloaded 204 KB
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Maybe R is downloading packages in parallel and you are hitting a 60 second timeout? Is that possible? Try this before the installation:

options(timeout = 10000)

Thank you for your help so far. Surprisingly, I figured out that this was happening due to an unstable Internet connection that I had to use during a business trip. All installation worked fine as soon as i shifted to a stable internet connection.

Yes, it was the parallel downloads and the timeout then.

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