r.libPaths setting for renv-enabled projects not working

[uhkeller]

Describe the bug The instructions given in the Wiki for installing languageserver in a separate minimal library and having vscode-R load it from there do not work for me. The r.libPaths setting seems to have no effect. I get the message

VSCode R Session Watcher requires jsonlite, rlang. Please install manually in order to use VSCode-R.

during R startup in projects using renv and can't send commands to R, use the help viewer, etc. When I use .libPaths() in the R session to point R to the standalone library manually, I can load languageserver and jsonlite without a problem.

To Reproduce Follow the steps outlined in the Wiki, then create an R terminal in a renv-enabled project. The error message appears and help viewer etc. do not work.

Can you fix this issue by yourself? (We appreciate the help)

No

(If applicable) Please attach setting.json

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    "r.bracketedPaste": true,
    "r.libPaths": [
        "/Users/user/.R-pkgs-vscode/renv/library/R-4.3/aarch64-apple-darwin20"
    ]
}

(where /Users/user is my user folder)

Expected behavior languageserver should be loaded from the library specified in the r.libPaths setting, help viewer etc. should work.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: macOS 14.2.1
• VSCode Version: 1.85.2
• R Version: 4.3.2
• vscode-R version: 2.8.2

Additional context Maybe additional settings have to be changed that are not mentioned in the Wiki? I read about "r.lsp.args": ["--vanilla"], which did not have any effect, and r.lsp.libPath, which does not seem to exist any more (and, unsurprisingly, also has no effect).

[benmoon1]

I have the same issue. I have set r.libPaths to include a folder with languageserver and httpgd installed with renv but R doesn't pick this up and these paths aren't shown in R with .libPaths().

I am on Windows 10 22H2, R version 4.2.1, VSCode version 1.86.1, vscode-R version 2.8.2

I have R_LIBS_USER set in an environment variable that is shown with libPaths(). Will this have an effect? (I cannot remove this)

[wahalulu]

Same here. r.libPaths is not being recognized by the R session.

I've tried installing R using Homebrew and using rig and neither option works. I also tried creating a separate library directory for the libraries required by the extension as outlined in the wiki to no avail.

OS: macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 M1 MAX

VSCode R Extension v2.8.3

> R.version
               _
platform       aarch64-apple-darwin20
arch           aarch64
os             darwin20
system         aarch64, darwin20
status         Patched
major          4
minor          4.0
year           2024
month          05
day            03
svn rev        86521
language       R
version.string R version 4.4.0 Patched (2024-05-03 r86521)
nickname       Puppy Cup