R help - Mar 2020 - extremely long installation of devtools

Help! I followed the instructions I found to install ggbiplot, and entered
"install_packages("devtools")" about 25 minutes ago, and the
installation procedure is continuing as I write this. Although it's
difficult to tell, there appears to be substantial repetition in the messages
displayed.

Should I terminate the process, or is this a normal event?

Thanks! (Please respond to this email [also?] because I can't enter R as the
process is continuing. lanzcc at potsdam.edu)


Chris Lanz

Department of Computer Science

340 Dunn Hall, SUNY Potsdam

lanzcc at potsdam.edu

315 267 2407

315 268 1547


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On Mon, 9 Mar 2020 at 09:57, Christopher C. Lanz via R-help
<r-help at r-project.org> wrote:
> Help! I followed the instructions I found to install ggbiplot, and entered
"install_packages("devtools")" about 25 minutes ago, and the
installation procedure is continuing as I write this.
Hi,

  This is a lot of guess-work because you didn't write which
operationsystem or which version of R you are using.
  Also I guess you wrote: "install.packages("devtools") and not
install_packages("devtools").

  If you are using Windows, then you might the Rtools package before
installing devtools.
  If you are using Linux, then you might need to install a
C/C++-compiler for your Linux first.
  If ...

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Although it's difficult to tell, there appears to be substantial
repetition in the messages displayed.
>
> Should I terminate the process, or is this a normal event?
>
> Thanks! (Please respond to this email [also?] because I can't enter R
as the process is continuing. lanzcc at potsdam.edu)
>
>
> Chris Lanz
>
> Department of Computer Science
>
> 340 Dunn Hall, SUNY Potsdam
>
> lanzcc at potsdam.edu
>
> 315 267 2407
>
> 315 268 1547
>
>
> "The reason academic conflicts are so bitter is that the stakes are so
low."
>
> Sayre's Law (not the original, but a correct wording)
>
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>
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