Problem installing Monocle3

[dbeauv]

Trying to install Monocle3 and get the following error messages:

install.packages("devtools")
trying URL 'https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/cran/bin/windows/contrib/4.4/devtools_2.4.5.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 440976 bytes (430 KB)
downloaded 430 KB

package ‘devtools’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

The downloaded binary packages are in
C:\Users\dbeauv\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmps7LoWI\downloaded_packages

devtools::install_github('cole-trapnell-lab/monocle3')
Downloading GitHub repo cole-trapnell-lab/monocle3@HEAD
Error: Failed to install 'monocle3' from GitHub:
Could not find tools necessary to compile a package
Call pkgbuild::check_build_tools(debug = TRUE) to diagnose the problem.
pkgbuild::check_build_tools(debug = TRUE)
Error: Could not find tools necessary to compile a package
Call pkgbuild::check_build_tools(debug = TRUE) to diagnose the problem.

Any advice on how to proceed?

[mainharryHR]

I have the exact the same problems in Mac, It seems no one is responding. :)
Please let me know if you have solutions.
Error: Failed to install 'monocle3' from GitHub: Could not find tools necessary to compile a package Call pkgbuild::check_build_tools(debug = TRUE) to diagnose the problem.

Best,
Harry

[suanzaoren]

I have the exact the same problems in Mac, It seems no one is responding. :) Please let me know if you have solutions. Error: Failed to install 'monocle3' from GitHub: Could not find tools necessary to compile a package Call pkgbuild::check_build_tools(debug = TRUE) to diagnose the problem.

Best, Harry

It might be useful to execute this code：options(buildtools.check = function(action) TRUE )