Set wget as the default package downloader for RStudio. #572
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@vexingly discovered
options(download.file.method="wget")
which can be added to.Rprofile
which seems to fix the issue. As of this writing I am still unaware of what is causing the issue but this workaround fixes things for now.Reference
Result
After adding
options(download.file.method="wget")
to.Rprofile
I am once again able to install packages using RStudio.