Dependencies are not found when running tests

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--->  Configuring R-matric
Executing:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_PPCSnowLeopardPorts_R_R-matric/R-matric/work/matric-0.2.0" && /opt/local/bin/R CMD build . --no-manual --no-build-vignettes 
# Bootstrapping renv 0.16.0 --------------------------------------------------
* Downloading renv 0.16.0 ... OK
* Installing renv 0.16.0 ... Done!
* Successfully installed and loaded renv 0.16.0.
ℹ Using R 4.3.1 (lockfile was generated with R 4.1.2)
* checking for file ‘./DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
* preparing ‘matric’:
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts
* checking for empty or unneeded directories
* building ‘matric_0.2.0.tar.gz’

--->  Building R-matric
--->  Testing R-matric
ℹ Using R 4.3.1 (lockfile was generated with R 4.1.2)
* using log directory ‘/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_PPCSnowLeopardPorts_R_R-matric/R-matric/work/matric-0.2.0/matric.Rcheck’
* using R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16)
* using platform: powerpc-apple-darwin10.0.0d2 (32-bit)
* R was compiled by
    gcc-mp-12 (MacPorts gcc12 12.3.0_0) 12.3.0
    GNU Fortran (MacPorts gcc12 12.3.0_0) 12.3.0
* running under: OS X Snow Leopard 10.6
* using session charset: UTF-8
* checking for file ‘matric/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
* checking extension type ... Package
* this is package ‘matric’ version ‘0.2.0’
* package encoding: UTF-8
* checking package namespace information ... OK
* checking package dependencies ... ERROR
Packages required but not available:
  'arrow', 'dplyr', 'magrittr', 'tibble', 'tidyr', 'readr', 'jsonlite',
  'glue', 'purrr', 'ggplot2', 'stringr', 'rlang', 'yardstick',
  'foreach', 'logger', 'furrr', 'future'

Packages suggested but not available:
  'testthat', 'covr', 'knitr', 'markdown', 'rmarkdown', 'roxygen2'

VignetteBuilder package required for checking but not installed: ‘knitr’

The suggested packages are required for a complete check.
Checking can be attempted without them by setting the environment
variable _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_ to a false value.

See section ‘The DESCRIPTION file’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’
manual.
* DONE

Status: 1 ERROR
See
  ‘/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_PPCSnowLeopardPorts_R_R-matric/R-matric/work/matric-0.2.0/matric.Rcheck/00check.log’
for details.

Command failed: /opt/local/bin/R CMD check ./matric_0.2.0.tar.gz
Exit code: 1

In reality all these packages are installed, in latest versions, and their dependencies work fine. That is, only matric do not find them.