Install specific package version failed

[Yunuuuu]

pak::pkg_install("tidyverse/[email protected]")
#> ℹ Loading metadata database
#> ✔ Loading metadata database ... done
#> 
#> 
#> → Will update 1 package.
#> → The package (0 B) is cached.
#> + ggplot2 3.5.1 → 3.4.0 [bld][cmp] (GitHub: 63125db)
#> 
#> ℹ No downloads are needed, 1 pkg is cached
#> ℹ Building ggplot2 3.4.0
#> ✖ Failed to build ggplot2 3.4.0 (756ms)
#> Error: ! error in pak subprocess
#> Caused by error in `stop_task_build(state, worker)`:
#> ! Failed to build source package ggplot2.
#> Full installation output:
#> * installing *source* package ‘ggplot2’ ...
#> staged installation is only possible with locking
#> ** using non-staged installation
#> ** R
#> ** data
#> *** moving datasets to lazyload DB
#> ** inst
#> ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
#> Error in .make_numeric_version(x, strict, .standard_regexps()$valid_numeric_version) : 
#>   invalid non-character version specification 'x' (type: double)
#> Error: unable to load R code in package ‘ggplot2’
#> Execution halted
#> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package ‘ggplot2’
#> * removing ‘/tmp/RtmpM1tfiK/pkg-lib2adda1d10c2c8/ggplot2’

^{Created on 2024-09-06 with reprex v2.1.0}

Session info

sessioninfo::session_info()
#> ─ Session info ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#>  setting  value
#>  version  R version 4.4.0 (2024-04-24)
#>  os       Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
#>  system   x86_64, linux-gnu
#>  ui       X11
#>  language en
#>  collate  C.UTF-8
#>  ctype    C.UTF-8
#>  tz       Asia/Shanghai
#>  date     2024-09-06
#>  pandoc   3.1.3 @ /usr/bin/ (via rmarkdown)
#> 
#> ─ Packages ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#>  package     * version    date (UTC) lib source
#>  cli           3.6.3      2024-06-21 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  digest        0.6.36     2024-06-23 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  evaluate      0.24.0     2024-06-10 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  fastmap       1.2.0      2024-05-15 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  fs            1.6.4      2024-04-25 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  glue          1.7.0      2024-01-09 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  htmltools     0.5.8.1    2024-04-04 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  knitr         1.47       2024-05-29 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  lifecycle     1.0.4      2023-11-07 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  magrittr      2.0.3      2022-03-30 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  pak           0.8.0.9000 2024-09-06 [1] Github (r-lib/pak@b84ff8b)
#>  purrr         1.0.2      2023-08-10 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  R.cache       0.16.0     2022-07-21 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  R.methodsS3   1.8.2      2022-06-13 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  R.oo          1.26.0     2024-01-24 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  R.utils       2.12.3     2023-11-18 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  reprex        2.1.0      2024-01-11 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  rlang         1.1.4      2024-06-04 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  rmarkdown     2.27       2024-05-17 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  sessioninfo   1.2.2      2021-12-06 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  styler        1.10.3     2024-04-07 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  vctrs         0.6.5      2023-12-01 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  withr         3.0.0      2024-01-16 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  xfun          0.45       2024-06-16 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  yaml          2.3.8      2023-12-11 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#> 
#>  [1] /home/yun/Rlibrary/4.4
#>  [2] /usr/local/lib/R/site-library
#>  [3] /usr/lib/R/site-library
#>  [4] /usr/lib/R/library
#> 
#> ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

[gaborcsardi]

This is not a bug in pak. It is a bug in ggplot2, fixed in ggplot2 3.4.3. Use an older R version (R 4.3.x or older) or a newer ggplot2 version.

[Yunuuuu]

Thanks

[Yunuuuu]

Maybe we should change the Docs, since now pkg_install use tidyverse/[email protected] as an example. See

pak/R/package.R

Line 11 in b84ff8b

#' - `tidyverse/[email protected]`: package from GitHub tag or branch,