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Error on installing stringi #59

Closed bshor closed 6 months ago

bshor commented 6 months ago

I am running Debian 12 and trying to use r2u and bspm to install packages. I followed all the installation

Some packages install, but many fail. Here I try to install stringr:

install.packages("stringr")
Install system packages...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree... Done 
Reading state information... Done
Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)                                                       
Error in install.packages : dbus: Call failed: installArchives() failed

When I try to install it from the terminal, I get a "broken package" error.

sudo apt install r-cran-stringr
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 r-cran-stringi : Depends: libicu70 (>= 70.1-1~) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

So perhaps it is only a problem with stringi dependency on libicu70?

eddelbuettel commented 6 months ago

I am running Debian 12

Please see https://eddelbuettel.github.io/r2u/vignettes/FAQ/#can-i-use-current-r2u-with-debian

That said, the stringi issue / the libicu* issue also arises at time when running (as I do) a newer-than-previous LTS mixed with LTS. As the builds are for an LTS you will get versioned, frequently changing libraries from that LTS for which one generally does not have apt entry (but could add one, I think i once did) so the best bet (if you know what you are doing) is to just curl or wget in the missing .deb package and install it (which gets old if it has dependencies...).

eddelbuettel commented 6 months ago

The best 'formal' tip is to use Inaki's rspm instead of r2u + bspm and point it at p3m.dev who now support two Debian releases. Of course, no apt packages for you but at least you are not mixing distros (which as stated above may not be a good idea).

bshor commented 6 months ago

Understood. Thanks for clarifying.

eddelbuettel commented 6 months ago

Or just (re-)install Ubuntu to take advantage of r2u too :wink: