Problem loading the ‘swirl’ package

[Mediflex]

Am new to Rstudio, please how do I correct this error

Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘swirl’ in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]): there is no package called ‘R6’

[jrkrideau]

Welcome to the forum.

We may need a reproducible example (reprex)

FAQ: How to do a minimal reproducible example ( reprex ) for beginners

A minimal reproducible example consists of the following items: A minimal dataset, necessary to reproduce the issue The minimal runnable code necessary to reproduce the issue, which can be run on the given dataset, and including the necessary information on the used packages. Let's quickly go over each one of these with examples: Minimal Dataset (Sample Data) You need to provide a data frame that is small enough to be (reasonably) pasted on a post, but big enough to reproduce your issue. Let's say, as an example, that you are working with the iris data frame head(iris) #> Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species #> 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.…

but at a guess you need to install the R6 package

install.packages("R6")

and then try again.

Good luck.

[andresrcs]

The error message is telling you that you are missing the R6 package, try installing it

install.packages("R6")

Do you get any error messages while doing so?

[Mediflex]

I'm still getting the same message after installing R6. Still stock here.

[Mediflex]

Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘R6’ had non-zero exit status
Swirl still working as R6 installation gave the above error message

[andresrcs]

@Mediflex

installation of package ‘R6’ had non-zero exit status

This means the installation process failed but it doesnt tell us the cause, please post the complete output message you get when you try to install R6

[jrkrideau]

@Mediflex

installation of package ‘R6’ had non-zero exit status

Did you ever think that the author could have been a bit clearer? Maybe
Failed!!!, HA, HA, HA