r-lib/backports

Problem with Backports 1.1.7

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elpepesanchez commented

Hi, I am trying to install Bbplot (plotting with the format of the BBC plots) but run into an error related to Backports. I have tried to remove backports, remove the 00LOCK-backports, installing the binary version and using the install type=source command but keep on getting this message.

  • installing source package 'backports' ...
    ** package 'backports' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
    ERROR: cannot remove earlier installation, is it in use?
  • removing 'C:/Users/pepes/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/backports'
  • restoring previous 'C:/Users/pepes/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/backports'
    Error in file.copy(lp, dirname(pkgdir), recursive = TRUE, copy.date = TRUE) :
    (converted from warning) problem copying C:\Users\pepes\Documents\R\win-library\4.0\00LOCK-backports\backports\libs\x64\backports.dll to C:\Users\pepes\Documents\R\win-library\4.0\backports\libs\x64\backports.dll: Permission denied
  • removing 'C:/Users/pepes/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/backports'
  • restoring previous 'C:/Users/pepes/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/backports'
    Error in file.copy(lp, dirname(pkgdir), recursive = TRUE, copy.date = TRUE) :
    (converted from warning) problem copying C:\Users\pepes\Documents\R\win-library\4.0\00LOCK-backports\backports\libs\x64\backports.dll to C:\Users\pepes\Documents\R\win-library\4.0\backports\libs\x64\backports.dll: Permission denied
    Execution halted
    Error: Failed to install 'bbplot' from GitHub:
    (converted from warning) installation of package ‘backports’ had non-zero exit status
mllg commented

This looks like a file system permission problem. Make sure you have the right to write to and modify files in C:\Users\pepes\Documents\R\win-library\4.0, e.g. by removing the directory C:/Users/pepes/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/backports.

mikemc commented

I had a similar (perhaps exact same) problem trying to upgrade backports and fixed it by updating it in an R --vanilla session. I think the problem is that my .Rprofile was loading the usethis package, which imports the rprojroot package, which uses backports in such a way that backports can't be installed or upgraded in the that session.

Edit: Probably it is better to use R --no-init-file instead of R --vanilla, since we just want to stop the user's .Rprofile file from being run

elpepesanchez commented

Thank you both so much! I updated in an R--vanilla session and it worked! Thanks a lot, Mike and Mllg for your help.