On 4 Feb 2026, at 15.55, Manuel Sp?nola <mspinola10 at gmail.com> wrote:
When I try to install a package directly using install.packages() on macOS,
I get the following error:
install.packages("ggiraph")
https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.5/ggiraph_0.9.3.tgz
The downloads complete successfully, but the installed versions are older
than the current CRAN versions. As a result, when I try to update packages
again, they all remain listed as needing updates.
Reinstalling the same packages from source (e.g.,
install.packages("ggiraph", type = "source")) does update them correctly.
El mi?, 4 feb 2026 a las 5:20, G?bor Cs?rdi (<csardi.gabor at gmail.com>)
escribi?:
Since car was released not so long ago, I am fairly sure that this is
an issue with the CRAN metadata, similar to what I (and many others)
see for newly released packages:
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2026-February/015335.html
I wrote some code to show the packages for which the metadata is
inconsistent:
https://gist.github.com/gaborcsardi/797472e42b43d2f938f852614f2a170f
(Update the URL for a different arch or R version.)
Seems like car should be fine now, assuming this already propagated to
your mirror.
FWIW AFAIR all RStudio does is calling install.packages() so if you
see a 404 there, it is unlikely that it is a problem with RStudio.
Nevertheless I agree that it is always a good idea to test your code
in a plain R console.
On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 10:40?PM Manuel Sp?nola <mspinola10 at gmail.com>
wrote:
When I try to update packages from RStudio using the menu on macOS, some
packages fail to install.
I can fix the issue by reinstalling them manually from source, for
install.packages("car", type = "source")
I am wondering whether this is a known macOS/RStudio issue (e.g., related
to binary vs source packages), and whether there is a recommended
workaround or setting.
R version 4.5.2 (2025-10-31) -- "[Not] Part in a Rumble"
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin20
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