Leiyue Li

Leiyue Li

Assistant Professor of Data Science

How to fix package or namespace load failed Error message in Rstudio

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After updating several packages, I came across this error message in Rstudio. The error message read as follows:

“loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]])”

On top of it, I was unable to uninstall or reinstall any R packages.

$\textbf{Operating system:}$ Windows, $\textbf{R version:}$ 4.2.3.

Solutions:

I learned from this link.

  • Step 1: Run line below in Rstudio Console:
    .libPaths()

    A path returned which tells you where your packages are installed

  • Step 2: Follow the path, I then manually searched and deleted all packages that I want to re-install.

    Note: If you cannot find a folder, it may be hidden. To view hidden files and folders, see this link.

  • Step 3: Install and library your packages:
    options("install.lock"=FALSE)
install.packages("package_name")
library(package_name)

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