Can't install rlang 0.4.7 on windows 10 x64

[Andrzej-Andrzej]

Hi ,
I can't install rlang 0.4.7 on windows 10 x64. Version 0.4.6 is OK.
What should I do ?
R 4.0.2,
When I try to install it I receive an errors about "permission denied", I can't even install dev version of rlang.

[lionel-]

I don't think I can help you with permission errors. Maybe post in a help forum like Community or StackOverflow? I would try to include more information in your question.

[lionel-]

Maybe the permission error only occurs when compiling, so if you wait for the binaries to come out, it might resolve itself. You can see on https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rlang/index.html that Windows binaries are still not there.

[Andrzej-Andrzej]

Yes, that problem occurs when compiling, but why rlang can't compile properly whilst other packages can ?
When rlang windows binaries will be available on Cran ?

Error: Unknown lifecycle stage superseded
Backtrace:
x

1. -tools:::.install_packages()
2. -tools:::do_install(pkg)

3. \-tools:::do_install_source(pkg_name, instdir, pkg, desc)
   

4.   \-tools:::.convertRdfiles(...)
   

5.     \-tools:::.convert(...)
   

6.       +-base::withCallingHandlers(...)
   

7.       \-base::tryCatch(expr, error = .ehandler)
   

8.         \-base:::tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers)
   

9.           \-base:::tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]])
   

10.             \-value[[3L]](cond)
    

[lionel-]

Sorry I don't know the answer to these questions.

[lionel-]

oh hmmm, this is interesting:

Error: Unknown lifecycle stage superseded

[lionel-]

I think it's using the old rlang:::lifecycle() function from your previous install to create the doc files, instead of the new version.

Can you try reinstalling with a completely fresh session? Double-check in sessionInfo() that rlang is not already loaded before installing.

[dnadle]

I get a 404. rlang_0.4.7.zip is not present in https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/

[lionel-]

Maybe the binary didn't propagate to that mirror yet. Try https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/rlang_0.4.7.zip instead.

[Shicheng-Guo]

Same here, \R\R-4.0.2\library\rlang\libs\x64\rlang.dll: Permission denied

_install.packages("rlang_0.4.7.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source")

• installing source package 'rlang' ...
  ** package 'rlang' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
  ERROR: cannot remove earlier installation, is it in use?
• removing 'C:/Users/sguo2/OneDrive - JNJ/Documents/R/R-4.0.2/library/rlang'
• restoring previous '/R/R-4.0.2/library/rlang'
  Warning in file.copy(lp, dirname(pkgdir), recursive = TRUE, copy.date = TRUE) :
  problem copying R\R-4.0.2\library\00LOCK-rlang\rlang\libs\x64\rlang.dll to R\R-4.0.2\library\rlang\libs\x64\rlang.dll: Permission denied
  Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘rlang_0.4.7.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit status_

[lionel-]

@Shicheng-Guo I think this is the relevant part:

ERROR: cannot remove earlier installation, is it in use?

See rstats-wtf/what-they-forgot#62 (comment)