！error in pak subprocess

[PhilicJone]

I encountered this error when installing rlang with “pak::pkg_install("r-lib/rlang")”

pak::pkg_install("r-lib/rlang")
Error:
! error in pak subprocess
Caused by error in loadNamespace(name):
! 不存在叫'pkgdepends'这个名字的程辑包
Type .Last.error to see the more details.

[lionel-]

There is an issue on your side. Is this with Windows? If so try closing all R and RStudio sessions running on your computer, start a fresh one, then try installing again.

! 不存在叫'pkgdepends'这个名字的程辑包

Can you translate please?

[psychelzh]

I am Chinese, and this line

! 不存在叫'pkgdepends'这个名字的程辑包

translates into English is:

! there is no package called 'pkgdepends'

This is probably related to the path where the package is installed. For example, if the path has a 'space', this error will be raised.