r-lib
Not installing specific version available on CRAN
Related to #582, but specific to {package}@{version} not installing as expected, even after running pak::meta_update():
Reprex:
options(repos = "https://packagemanager.posit.co/cran/__linux__/jammy/latest")
# baseline
pak::meta_update()
#>
#> ✔ Updated metadata database: 3.16 MB in 2 files.
#>
#> ℹ Updating metadata database
#> ✔ Updating metadata database ... done
#>
packageVersion('paws')
#> [1] '0.5.0'
pak::pak("[email protected]")
#>
#> ✔ All system requirements are already installed.
#>
#> ℹ No downloads are needed
#> ✔ 1 pkg + 28 deps: kept 29 [3.1s]
packageVersion('paws') # wrong
#> [1] '0.5.0'
devtools::install_version('paws', "0.4.0")
#> Downloading package from url: https://packagemanager.posit.co/cran/__linux__/jammy/latest/src/contrib/Archive/paws/paws_0.4.0.tar.gz
#> Installing package into '/home/michael.thomson/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/4.1'
#> (as 'lib' is unspecified)
packageVersion('paws') # correct
#> [1] '0.4.0'
Created on 2024-01-16 with reprex v2.0.2
You can try
> pak::pak("cran/[email protected]")
✔ All system requirements are already installed.
ℹ No downloads are needed
✔ 1 pkg + 28 deps: kept 27 [2.2s]
> packageVersion('paws')
[1] ‘0.4.0’
Sure, but, I think that's a workaround, not the expectation, in that you should be able to install via {package}@{version} without specifying it's from CRAN?
Also replicated with a different package:
> pak::pak("[email protected]")
ℹ No downloads are needed
✔ 1 pkg: kept 1 [3s]
Restarting R session...
> packageVersion('withr')
[1] ‘3.0.0’
This seems to work now, but please reopen if you still have problems. Thanks!
> pak::pak("[email protected]")
→ Will update 1 package.
→ Will download 1 package with unknown size.
+ withr 3.0.2 → 2.5.2 [bld][dl]
? Do you want to continue (Y/n)
ℹ Getting 1 pkg with unknown size
✔ Got withr 2.5.2 (source) (102.32 kB)
✔ Downloaded 1 package (102.32 kB) in 2.6s
ℹ Building withr 2.5.2
✔ Built withr 2.5.2 (10.6s)
✔ Installed withr 2.5.2 (1.2s)
✔ 1 pkg: upd 1, dld 1 (102.32 kB) [30.6s]
Unfortunately not fully, even after upgrading to 0.9.0:
packageVersion('withr')
#> [1] '3.0.2'
pak::pak("[email protected]")
#> ℹ Loading metadata database
#> ✔ Loading metadata database ... done
#>
#>
#>
#> ℹ No downloads are needed
#> ✔ 1 pkg: kept 1 [6.7s]
packageVersion('withr')
#> [1] '3.0.2'
Created on 2025-06-02 with reprex v2.1.1
In contrast, using the vctrs example in https://github.com/r-lib/pak/issues/724, it does work:
packageVersion('vctrs')
#> [1] '0.6.5'
pak::pak("[email protected]")
#> ℹ Loading metadata database
#> ✔ Loading metadata database ... done
#>
#>
#> → Will update 1 package.
#> → The package (0 B) is cached.
#> + vctrs 0.6.5 → 0.6.4 [cmp]
#>
#> ℹ No downloads are needed, 1 pkg is cached
#> ✔ Got vctrs 0.6.4 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) (1.28 MB)
#> ✔ Installed vctrs 0.6.4 (1.5s)
#> ✔ 1 pkg + 4 deps: kept 1, upd 1, dld 1 (1.28 MB) [9.6s]
packageVersion('vctrs')
#> [1] '0.6.4'
Created on 2025-06-02 with reprex v2.1.1
Any debugging information I can provide to help narrow it down?
PS I don't have perms to Reopen Issue on GitHub, but hoping this comment is sufficient :)
Also reproduced after:
- Clearing the cache:
rm -rf ~/.cache/R/pkgcache - Removing
withr:remove.packages("withr", lib="~/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/4.1")
> pak::pak("[email protected]")
✔ Updated metadata database: 2.59 MB in 9 files.
✔ Updating metadata database ... done
→ Will install 1 package.
→ Will download 1 CRAN package (103.24 kB).
+ withr 3.0.2 [bld][dl] (103.24 kB)
ℹ Getting 1 pkg (103.24 kB)
✔ Got withr 3.0.2 (source) (217.40 kB)
✔ Downloaded 1 package (217.40 kB) in 509ms
ℹ Building withr 3.0.2
✔ Built withr 3.0.2 (713ms)
✔ Installed withr 3.0.2 (1.2s)
✔ 1 dep: added 1, dld 1 (217.40 kB) [20.3s]
The documentation still states that version tags for standard:: sources are only parsed, but not used. Would be great if it could be supported.
