renv cannot install packages from github.

Hello,

I am trying to set renv on a bookdown project that is already on-going. The bookdown project have packages from CRAN and from github. I am trying to set renv so that it can publish the new version of the book each time I push to the main branch. However, the action fails because it cannot install packages from github.
When I run renv::install(), the package from github cannot be installed. I have tried with two different packages and the same problem.

The steps I took:

The package install correctly:

  • renv::purge("cleaninginspectoR")
  • renv::install("impact-initiatives/cleaninginspectoR") or with devtools::install_github("impact-initiatives/cleaninginspectoR")

I have also try to start fresh with renv::init(bare = T)
I also have the same problem if I start a new project with renv.

The results from the getOption("download.file.method")
[1] "wininet"

The results from the renv::diagnostic()

Diagnostics Report [renv 0.16.0]
================================

# Session Info =======================
R version 4.1.0 (2021-05-18)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 19044)

Matrix products: default

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_Switzerland.1252  LC_CTYPE=English_Switzerland.1252   
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_Switzerland.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C                        
[5] LC_TIME=English_Switzerland.1252    

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  utils     methods   base     

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] compiler_4.1.0  bookdown_0.22   fastmap_1.1.0   cli_3.4.1      
 [5] htmltools_0.5.2 tools_4.1.0     rstudioapi_0.13 yaml_2.3.5     
 [9] rmarkdown_2.11  knitr_1.39      xfun_0.31       digest_0.6.29  
[13] rlang_1.0.3     renv_0.16.0     evaluate_0.15  

# Project ============================
Project path: "C:/Users/xxxxx/Desktop/git/rcookbook"

# Status =============================
* The project is already synchronized with the lockfile.

# Packages ===========================
                     Library Source   Lockfile Source Path Dependency
BH                  1.75.0-0   CRAN   1.75.0-0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
DBI                    1.1.3   CRAN      1.1.3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
DEoptimR               1.0-9   CRAN      1.0-9   CRAN  [1]   indirect
DT                      0.19   CRAN       0.19   CRAN  [1]   indirect
Formula                1.2-4   CRAN      1.2-4   CRAN  [1]   indirect
GenSA                  1.1.7   CRAN      1.1.7   CRAN  [1]   indirect
Hmisc                  4.7-0   CRAN      4.7-0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
KernSmooth           2.23-20   CRAN    2.23-20   CRAN  [1]   indirect
MASS                  7.3-54   CRAN     7.3-54   CRAN  [1]   indirect
Matrix                 1.3-3   CRAN      1.3-3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
MatrixModels           0.5-0   CRAN      0.5-0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
R.cache               0.15.0   CRAN     0.15.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
R.methodsS3            1.8.2   CRAN      1.8.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
R.oo                  1.25.0   CRAN     1.25.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
R.utils               2.12.0   CRAN     2.12.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
R6                     2.5.1   CRAN      2.5.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
RColorBrewer           1.1-3   CRAN      1.1-3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
Rcpp                 1.0.8.3   CRAN    1.0.8.3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
RcppArmadillo     0.10.7.3.0   CRAN 0.10.7.3.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
RcppEigen          0.3.3.9.2   CRAN  0.3.3.9.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
Rttf2pt1               1.3.9   CRAN      1.3.9   CRAN  [1]   indirect
SparseM                 1.81   CRAN       1.81   CRAN  [1]   indirect
UpSetR                 1.4.0   CRAN      1.4.0   CRAN  [1]     direct
VIM                    6.1.1   CRAN      6.1.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
abind                  1.4-5   CRAN      1.4-5   CRAN  [1]   indirect
askpass                  1.1   CRAN        1.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
assertthat             0.2.1   CRAN      0.2.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
backports              1.4.1   CRAN      1.4.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
base64enc              0.1-3   CRAN      0.1-3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
bit                    4.0.4   CRAN      4.0.4   CRAN  [1]   indirect
bit64                  4.0.5   CRAN      4.0.5   CRAN  [1]   indirect
blob                   1.2.1   CRAN      1.2.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
bookdown                0.22   CRAN       0.22   CRAN  [1]     direct
boot                  1.3-28   CRAN     1.3-28   CRAN  [1]   indirect
brio                   1.1.3   CRAN      1.1.3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
broom                  0.8.0   CRAN      0.8.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
bslib                  0.3.1   CRAN      0.3.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
cachem                 1.0.5   CRAN      1.0.5   CRAN  [1]   indirect
callr                  3.7.0   CRAN      3.7.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
car                   3.0-12   CRAN     3.0-12   CRAN  [1]   indirect
carData                3.0-5   CRAN      3.0-5   CRAN  [1]   indirect
cellranger             1.1.0   CRAN      1.1.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
checkmate              2.1.0   CRAN      2.1.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
class                 7.3-19   CRAN     7.3-19   CRAN  [1]   indirect
classInt               0.4-7   CRAN      0.4-7   CRAN  [1]   indirect
cleaninginspectoR 0.0.0.9000 GitHub 0.0.0.9000 GitHub  [1]     direct
cli                    3.4.1   CRAN      3.4.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
clipr                  0.8.0   CRAN      0.8.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
cluster                2.1.2   CRAN      2.1.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
codetools             0.2-18   CRAN       <NA>   <NA>  [2]       <NA>
colorspace             2.0-3   CRAN      2.0-3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
commonmark             1.8.0   CRAN      1.8.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
compiler                <NA>   <NA>       <NA>   <NA>  [2]   indirect
corrplot                0.92   CRAN       0.92   CRAN  [1]   indirect
cowplot                1.1.1   CRAN      1.1.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
cpp11                  0.4.2   CRAN      0.4.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
crayon                 1.5.1   CRAN      1.5.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
crosstalk              1.2.0   CRAN      1.2.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
curl                   4.3.2   CRAN      4.3.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
data.table            1.14.2   CRAN     1.14.2   CRAN  [1]     direct
dbplyr                 2.1.1   CRAN      2.1.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
deldir                 1.0-6   CRAN      1.0-6   CRAN  [1]   indirect
desc                   1.4.1   CRAN      1.4.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
diffobj                0.3.5   CRAN      0.3.5   CRAN  [1]   indirect
digest                0.6.29   CRAN     0.6.29   CRAN  [1]   indirect
dplyr                  1.0.9   CRAN      1.0.9   CRAN  [1]     direct
dtplyr                 1.2.2   CRAN      1.2.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
e1071                 1.7-11   CRAN     1.7-11   CRAN  [1]   indirect
ellipsis               0.3.2   CRAN      0.3.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
eulerr                 6.1.1   CRAN      6.1.1   CRAN  [1]     direct
evaluate                0.15   CRAN       0.15   CRAN  [1]   indirect
expss                 0.10.7   CRAN     0.10.7   CRAN  [1]     direct
extrafont               0.17   CRAN       0.17   CRAN  [1]   indirect
extrafontdb              1.0   CRAN        1.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
fansi                  1.0.3   CRAN      1.0.3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
farver                 2.1.0   CRAN      2.1.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
fastmap                1.1.0   CRAN      1.1.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
fontawesome            0.2.2   CRAN      0.2.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
forcats                0.5.1   CRAN      0.5.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
foreign               0.8-81   CRAN     0.8-81   CRAN  [1]   indirect
fs                     1.5.2   CRAN      1.5.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
gargle                 1.2.0   CRAN      1.2.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
gdata                 2.18.0   CRAN     2.18.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
generics               0.1.2   CRAN      0.1.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
ggplot2                3.3.6   CRAN      3.3.6   CRAN  [1]     direct
ggpubr                 0.4.0   CRAN      0.4.0   CRAN  [1]     direct
ggrepel                0.9.1   CRAN      0.9.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
ggsci                    2.9   CRAN        2.9   CRAN  [1]   indirect
ggsignif               0.6.3   CRAN      0.6.3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
ggthemes               4.2.4   CRAN      4.2.4   CRAN  [1]   indirect
glue                   1.6.2   CRAN      1.6.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
goftest                1.2-2   CRAN      1.2-2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
googledrive            2.0.0   CRAN      2.0.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
googlesheets4          1.0.0   CRAN      1.0.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
grDevices               <NA>   <NA>       <NA>   <NA>  [2]   indirect
graphics                <NA>   <NA>       <NA>   <NA>  [2]   indirect
grid                    <NA>   <NA>       <NA>   <NA>  [2]   indirect
gridExtra                2.3   CRAN        2.3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
gtable                 0.3.0   CRAN      0.3.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
gtools                 3.9.2   CRAN      3.9.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
haven                  2.5.0   CRAN      2.5.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
highr                    0.9   CRAN        0.9   CRAN  [1]   indirect
hms                    1.1.1   CRAN      1.1.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
htmlTable              2.4.0   CRAN      2.4.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
htmltools              0.5.2   CRAN      0.5.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
htmlwidgets            1.5.4   CRAN      1.5.4   CRAN  [1]   indirect
httpuv                 1.6.5   CRAN      1.6.5   CRAN  [1]   indirect
httr                   1.4.3   CRAN      1.4.3   CRAN  [1]     direct
hypegrammaR            0.2.3 GitHub      0.2.3 GitHub  [1]     direct
ids                    1.0.1   CRAN      1.0.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
insight               0.14.2   CRAN     0.14.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
isoband                0.2.5   CRAN      0.2.5   CRAN  [1]   indirect
jpeg                   0.1-9   CRAN      0.1-9   CRAN  [1]   indirect
jquerylib              0.1.4   CRAN      0.1.4   CRAN  [1]   indirect
jsonlite               1.8.0   CRAN      1.8.0   CRAN  [1]     direct
kableExtra             1.3.4   CRAN      1.3.4   CRAN  [1]     direct
knitr                   1.39   CRAN       1.39   CRAN  [1]   indirect
koboquest              1.0.1 GitHub      1.0.1 GitHub  [1]   indirect
kobostandards     0.1.0.9000 GitHub 0.1.0.9000 GitHub  [1]   indirect
labeling               0.4.2   CRAN      0.4.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
labelled               2.9.1   CRAN      2.9.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
laeken                 0.5.2   CRAN      0.5.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
later                  1.3.0   CRAN      1.3.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
lattice              0.20-44   CRAN    0.20-44   CRAN  [1]   indirect
latticeExtra          0.6-29   CRAN     0.6-29   CRAN  [1]   indirect
lazyeval               0.2.2   CRAN      0.2.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
lifecycle              1.0.1   CRAN      1.0.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
lme4                  1.1-29   CRAN     1.1-29   CRAN  [1]   indirect
lmtest                0.9-38   CRAN     0.9-38   CRAN  [1]   indirect
lubridate              1.8.0   CRAN      1.8.0   CRAN  [1]     direct
lwgeom                 0.2-8   CRAN      0.2-8   CRAN  [1]   indirect
magrittr               2.0.3   CRAN      2.0.3   CRAN  [1]     direct
maptools               1.1-4   CRAN      1.1-4   CRAN  [1]   indirect
matrixStats           0.61.0   CRAN     0.61.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
methods                 <NA>   <NA>       <NA>   <NA>  [2]   indirect
mgcv                  1.8-35   CRAN     1.8-35   CRAN  [1]   indirect
mice                  3.14.0   CRAN     3.14.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
mime                    0.12   CRAN       0.12   CRAN  [1]   indirect
miniUI               0.1.1.1   CRAN    0.1.1.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
minqa                  1.2.4   CRAN      1.2.4   CRAN  [1]   indirect
mitools                  2.4   CRAN        2.4   CRAN  [1]   indirect
modelr                 0.1.8   CRAN      0.1.8   CRAN  [1]   indirect
munsell                0.5.0   CRAN      0.5.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
nabor                  0.5.0   CRAN      0.5.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
nlme                 3.1-152   CRAN    3.1-152   CRAN  [1]   indirect
nloptr                 2.0.0   CRAN      2.0.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
nnet                  7.3-16   CRAN     7.3-16   CRAN  [1]   indirect
nngeo                  0.4.5   CRAN      0.4.5   CRAN  [1]     direct
numDeriv          2016.8-1.1   CRAN 2016.8-1.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
openssl                2.0.4   CRAN      2.0.4   CRAN  [1]   indirect
openxlsx               4.2.4   CRAN      4.2.4   CRAN  [1]     direct
parallel                <NA>   <NA>       <NA>   <NA>  [2]   indirect
pbkrtest               0.5.1   CRAN      0.5.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
pillar                 1.7.0   CRAN      1.7.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
pkgconfig              2.0.3   CRAN      2.0.3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
pkgload                1.2.4   CRAN      1.2.4   CRAN  [1]   indirect
plotly               4.9.4.1   CRAN    4.9.4.1   CRAN  [1]     direct
plyr                   1.8.6   CRAN      1.8.6   CRAN  [1]   indirect
png                    0.1-7   CRAN      0.1-7   CRAN  [1]   indirect
polyclip              1.10-0   CRAN     1.10-0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
polylabelr             0.2.0   CRAN      0.2.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
polynom                1.4-0   CRAN      1.4-0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
praise                 1.0.0   CRAN      1.0.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
prettydoc              0.4.1   CRAN      0.4.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
prettyunits            1.1.1   CRAN      1.1.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
processx               3.5.2   CRAN      3.5.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
progress               1.2.2   CRAN      1.2.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
promises             1.2.0.1   CRAN    1.2.0.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
proxy                 0.4-27   CRAN     0.4-27   CRAN  [1]   indirect
ps                     1.6.0   CRAN      1.6.0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
purrr                  0.3.4   CRAN      0.3.4   CRAN  [1]     direct
qdapRegex              0.7.2   CRAN      0.7.2   CRAN  [1]     direct
quantreg                5.88   CRAN       5.88   CRAN  [1]   indirect
questionr              0.7.4   CRAN      0.7.4   CRAN  [1]   indirect
ranger                0.13.1   CRAN     0.13.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
rappdirs               0.3.3   CRAN      0.3.3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
readr                  2.1.2   CRAN      2.1.2   CRAN  [1]     direct
readxl                 1.4.0   CRAN      1.4.0   CRAN  [1]     direct
rematch                1.0.1   CRAN      1.0.1   CRAN  [1]   indirect
rematch2               2.1.2   CRAN      2.1.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
renv                  0.16.0   CRAN     0.16.0   CRAN  [1]     direct
reprex                 2.0.2   CRAN      2.0.2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
reshape                0.8.8   CRAN      0.8.8   CRAN  [1]     direct
reshape2               1.4.4   CRAN      1.4.4   CRAN  [1]     direct
rhandsontable          0.3.8   CRAN      0.3.8   CRAN  [1]   indirect
rlang                  1.0.3   CRAN      1.0.3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
rmarkdown               2.11   CRAN       2.11   CRAN  [1]     direct
robustbase            0.93-9   CRAN     0.93-9   CRAN  [1]   indirect
rpart                 4.1-15   CRAN     4.1-15   CRAN  [1]   indirect
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rstudioapi              0.13   CRAN       0.13   CRAN  [1]   indirect
rvest                  1.0.3   CRAN      1.0.3   CRAN  [1]   indirect
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selectr                0.4-2   CRAN      0.4-2   CRAN  [1]   indirect
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sp                     1.5-0   CRAN      1.5-0   CRAN  [1]   indirect
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 $ bioconductor.version     : chr(0) 
 $ external.libraries       : chr(0) 
 $ ignored.packages         : chr(0) 
 $ package.dependency.fields: chr [1:3] "Imports" "Depends" "LinkingTo"
 $ r.version                : chr(0) 
 $ snapshot.type            : chr "implicit"
 $ use.cache                : logi TRUE
 $ vcs.ignore.cellar        : logi TRUE
 $ vcs.ignore.library       : logi TRUE
 $ vcs.ignore.local         : logi TRUE

# Options ============================
List of 9
 $ defaultPackages                     : chr [1:6] "datasets" "utils" "grDevices" "graphics" ...
 $ download.file.method                : chr "wininet"
 $ download.file.extra                 : NULL
 $ install.packages.compile.from.source: chr "interactive"
 $ pkgType                             : chr "both"
 $ repos                               : Named chr "https://cran.rstudio.com"
  ..- attr(*, "names")= chr "CRAN"
 $ renv.consent                        : logi TRUE
 $ renv.project.path                   : chr "C:/Users/Yann SAY/Desktop/git/rcookbook"
 $ renv.verbose                        : logi TRUE

# Environment Variables ==============
HOME                        = C:/Users/Yann SAY/Documents
LANG                        = <NA>
MAKE                        = <NA>
R_LIBS                      = <NA>
R_LIBS_SITE                 = <NA>
R_LIBS_USER                 = C:/Users/xxxxx/Desktop/git/rcookbook/renv/library/R-4.1/x86_64-w64-mingw32;C:/Users/xxxxx/AppData/Local/Temp/Rtmp6Py3cN/renv-system-library
RENV_DEFAULT_R_ENVIRON      = <NA>
RENV_DEFAULT_R_ENVIRON_USER = <NA>
RENV_DEFAULT_R_LIBS         = <NA>
RENV_DEFAULT_R_LIBS_SITE    = <NA>
RENV_DEFAULT_R_LIBS_USER    = C:/Users/xxxxx/Documents/R/win-library/4.1
RENV_DEFAULT_R_PROFILE      = <NA>
RENV_DEFAULT_R_PROFILE_USER = <NA>
RENV_PROJECT                = C:/Users/xxxxx/Desktop/git/rcookbook

# PATH ===============================
- C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\R\R-4.1.0\bin\x64
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath
- C:\WINDOWS\system32
- C:\WINDOWS
- C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
- C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\
- C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\
- C:\Program Files\IBM\SPSS\Statistics\24\JRE\bin
- C:\Program Files\Git\cmd
- C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Scripts\
- C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\
- C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin
- C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
- C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\cmd
- C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\TinyTeX\bin\win32

# Cache ==============================
There are a total of 366 package(s) installed in the renv cache.
Cache path: "C:/Users/xxxxx/AppData/Local/R/cache/R/renv/cache/v5/R-4.1/x86_64-w64-mingw32"

Thanks in advance!

The error message implies that renv is trying to install the cleaninginspectoR package from CRAN.

Did you mean to use renv::snapshot() and renv::restore() here, after calling renv::install("impact-initiatives/cleaninginspectoR")? It seems more likely to me that you want to call renv::snapshot() to save the state of your project library, and then use renv::restore() to install the requisite packages afterwards.

If not, you probably need a project DESCRIPTION file, with an appropriate Remotes: field. See the documentation at Install Packages — install • renv for more details.

I was trying to reproduce the renv installation from the github action. The description file worked.

Thanks.