R Session Aborted Fatal error

[harsha]

Hi All,

I've just upgraded to the latest version of R, been trying to install a few packages for a project.
All instances have shown the below set of error statements. After a while, without any action, the issue was resolved. Now, facing the same problem again.

Action - RStudio -> Packages -> Install -> TimeROC
Result - R session Aborted (R encountered a fatal error. The session was terminated.)

Warning in install.packages:
package 'TimeROC' is not available (for R version 3.5.1) (Same error for all packages)

R Version 3.5.1 - Platform x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64 bit)
RStudio Version 1.1.456

Please suggest steps for permanent resolution. Thanks.

[mara]

Can you install packages through R, but not in RStudio? (see FAQ below for disambiguation)

Differentiating R from RStudio

Aside: goals for this thread

I'm hoping this will help people disambiguate R from RStudio, and also help with getting questions in the right category. This is a bit of a mashup of the times I've tried to explain this in individual threads, so please feel free to add to this topic for further clarification/point out corrections, etc.

Before putting a code-related question in the #rstudio-ide category or using the rstudio tag, it's helpful to ask yourself: Does this work in the regular R GUI, but not when you're in RStudio? If you're using RStudio, you're using R — RStudio is just an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) in which you are using the R language. (On of my favourite fi…

[harsha]

Hi Mara, Thanks for your feedback. I've changed the topic to General.

[jcblum]

@harsha

Warning in install.packages:
package 'TimeROC' is not available (for R version 3.5.1) (Same error for all packages)

Getting this error for all packages can occur when there is a problem with your internet connection. When R fails to reach the repository where it is looking for packages (typically, a CRAN mirror), then it reports this error. The wording is a little confusing, since it makes it sound like the packages don’t exist, when what’s really happening is that R can’t even access the repo to search for them.

So a first step might be to check your internet connection (proxies or filtering software are a common culprit here). However, I’m not sure if that’s the source of the session crash or not.

[harsha]

Thanks for your reply.