Facing an issue while loading gapminder.

[xhay-p]

Hello, I am new to R. I wanted to do some data visualization using gapminder datasets. I was able to install it without any issues but I am getting this error while loading the library.
Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) : there is no package called ‘pillar’ Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘gapminder

I have tried installing pillar separately as well. There I get following Errors,


Error : object 'glue_collapse' is not exported by 'namespace:glue' ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'cli' removing 'C:/Users/BabaAkk/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/cli' Warning in install.packages : running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.3/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Users\BabaAkk\Documents\R\win-library\3.3" C:\Users\BabaAkk\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpUFQ9Dg/downloaded_packages/cli_2.0.2.tar.gz' had status 1 Warning in install.packages : installation of package ‘cli’ had non-zero exit status ERROR: dependencies 'cli', 'vctrs' are not available for package 'pillar' removing 'C:/Users/BabaAkk/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/pillar' Warning in install.packages : running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.3/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Users\BabaAkk\Documents\R\win-library\3.3" C:\Users\BabaAkk\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpUFQ9Dg/downloaded_packages/pillar_1.4.3.tar.gz' had status 1 Warning in install.packages : installation of package ‘pillar’ had non-zero exit status

Could you please help

[jennybc]

This does not sound like a problem specific to the gap minder package, but rather a general Windows package installation problem.

You might have more success straightening it out at https://community.rstudio.com.

Some high-level advice is that, on Windows, one cannot upgrade packages that are currently loaded. And the problems I see above suggest that you've had something like, the tidyverse meta-package loaded, and then tried to install or update lots of other packages, leading to installation failures and perhaps partial installation.

A good thread to consult: rstats-wtf/what-they-forgot#62