pak::local_install fails with error "Failed to download package from `file://...`" when devtools::install works well

[DDorch]

On some of my packages I have this weird error:

pak::local_install(upgrade = FALSE)
✔ Updated metadata database: 2.78 MB in 2 files.
✔ Updating metadata database ... done
 
→ Will update 1 package.
→ The package (0 B) is cached.
+ ModeleIntegreAude 0.0.0.9000 → 0.0.0.9000 [bld]
ℹ No downloads are needed, 1 pkg is cached
✖ Failed to download ModeleIntegreAude 0.0.0.9000 (source)
Error: 
! error in pak subprocess
Caused by error: 
! Failed to download ModeleIntegreAude from `file://C:\\DocDD\\Inrae\\2021-2024 TALANOA\\04-src\\ModeleIntegreAude`.
---
Backtrace:
1. pak::local_install(upgrade = FALSE)
2. pak:::remote(function(...) get("pkg_install_do_plan", asNamespace("pak"))(...), …
3. err$throw(res$error)
---
Subprocess backtrace:
1. base::withCallingHandlers(cli_message = function(msg) { …
2. get("pkg_install_do_plan", asNamespace("pak"))(...)
3. proposal$stop_for_download_error()
4. private$plan$stop_for_solution_download_error()
5. pkgdepends:::pkgplan_stop_for_solution_download_error(self, private)
6. pkgdepends:::stop(err)
7. | base::throw(add_class(args[[1]], c("rlib_error_3_0", "rlib_error"), …
8. | base::signalCondition(cond)
9. global (function (e) …
Execution halted

At the same time devtools::install works perfectly fine:

devtools::install()
── pak::local_install_deps() ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
                                                                                                       
→ The package (0 B) is cached.
ℹ No downloads are needed
✔ 192 deps: kept 191 [5.8s]
── R CMD build ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
✔  checking for file 'C:\DocDD\Inrae\2021-2024 TALANOA\04-src\ModeleIntegreAude/DESCRIPTION' ...
─  preparing 'ModeleIntegreAude': (3s)
✔  checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... 
─  checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts (1.6s)
─  checking for empty or unneeded directories
   Omitted 'LazyData' from DESCRIPTION
     NB: this package now depends on R (>= 4.1.0)
     WARNING: Added dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the
     pipe |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
     File(s) using such syntax:
       'generateSSPtimeseries.R' 'load_experiment.R'
       'model_usage_drink_ind.R'
─  building 'ModeleIntegreAude_0.0.0.9000.tar.gz'
   
── R CMD INSTALL ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Running "C:/Users/ddorchies/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-4.5.1/bin/x64/Rcmd.exe" INSTALL \
  "C:\Users\DDORCH~1\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcndVDy/ModeleIntegreAude_0.0.0.9000.tar.gz" \
  --install-tests 
* installing to library 'C:/Users/ddorchies/AppData/Local/Programs/R/R-4.5.1/library'
* installing *source* package 'ModeleIntegreAude' ...
** this is package 'ModeleIntegreAude' version '0.0.0.9000'
** using staged installation
** R
** inst
** tests
** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
Warning: replacing previous import 'TalanoaCommons::extract' by 'tidyr::extract' when loading 'ModeleIntegreAude'
** help
*** installing help indices
*** copying figures
** building package indices
** installing vignettes
** testing if installed package can be loaded from temporary location
Warning: replacing previous import 'TalanoaCommons::extract' by 'tidyr::extract' when loading 'ModeleIntegreAude'
** testing if installed package can be loaded from final location
Warning: replacing previous import 'TalanoaCommons::extract' by 'tidyr::extract' when loading 'ModeleIntegreAude'
** testing if installed package keeps a record of temporary installation path
* DONE (ModeleIntegreAude)
Warning message:
replacing previous import ‘TalanoaCommons::extract’ by ‘tidyr::extract’ when loading ‘ModeleIntegreAude’ 

I precise that this issue is systematic, it occurs even if all IDEs (Rstudio or Positron, or whatever) are closed and I run the command from a dummy R session without any package loaded. Does anyone meet the same kind of issue?

[DDorch]

N.B.: it works on Linux through a devcontainer... Maybe it's only a windows OS issue.

[sprachan]

I have a related issue on Windows (x86-64) when trying to install a package I'm developing that depends on another package only available on GitHub. pak::pak('sprachan/FVSIE-tools') and pak::local_install('path/to/my/package') both
fail with the message and error:

Found  10  deps for  1/1  pkgs [⠋] Resolving standard (CRAN/BioC) packages

                                                                           
Error: 
! error in pak subprocess
Caused by error: 
! Could not solve package dependencies:
* local::C:/Users/sp258446/Documents/rFVSIEtools: Can't install dependency rFVS
* rFVS: Can't find package called rFVS.
Type .Last.error to see the more details.

The issues with pak::local_install() mean that devtools::install() also fails on my machine.

However, remotes::install_github() works:

Using GitHub PAT from the git credential store.
Downloading GitHub repo sprachan/FVSIE-tools@HEAD
Downloading GitHub repo USDAForestService/ForestVegetationSimulator-Interface@HEAD
── R CMD build ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  
  
  
✔  checking for file 'C:\Users\sp258446\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpUNyVl4\remotesd0386250bfe\USDAForestService-ForestVegetationSimulator-Interface-57b9aa3\rFVS/DESCRIPTION'

  
  
  
─  preparing 'rFVS':
   checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ...
  
   checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... 
  
✔  checking DESCRIPTION meta-information

  
  
  
─  checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts

  
─  checking for empty or unneeded directories

  
  
  
─  creating default NAMESPACE file

  
  
  
─  building 'rFVS_2024.07.01.tar.gz'

  
   

Installing package into ‘C:/Users/sp258446/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.6’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
* installing *source* package 'rFVS' ...
** this is package 'rFVS' version '2024.07.01'
** using staged installation
** R
** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
** help
No man pages found in package  'rFVS' 
*** installing help indices
** building package indices
** testing if installed package can be loaded from temporary location
** testing if installed package can be loaded from final location
** testing if installed package keeps a record of temporary installation path
* DONE (rFVS)
Skipping install of 'rFVS' from a github remote, the SHA1 (57b9aa3a) has not changed since last install.
  Use `force = TRUE` to force installation
── R CMD build ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  
  
  
✔  checking for file 'C:\Users\sp258446\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpUNyVl4\remotesd03873e95876\sprachan-FVSIE-tools-a96e8db/DESCRIPTION'

  
  
  
─  preparing 'rFVSIEtools':
   checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ...
  
   checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... 
  
✔  checking DESCRIPTION meta-information

  
  
  
─  checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts

  
─  checking for empty or unneeded directories

  
   NB: this package now depends on R (>= 
  
     NB: this package now depends on R (>= 4.1.0)
     WARNING: Added dependency on R >= 4.1.0 because package code uses the
     pipe |> or function shorthand \(...) syntax added in R 4.1.0.
     File(s) using such syntax:
       'get_FIA_state.R' 'run_FVS_parallel.R' 'write_FVS_files.R'
─  building 'rFVSIEtools_0.0.0.9000.tar.gz'

  
   

Installing package into ‘C:/Users/sp258446/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.6’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
* installing *source* package 'rFVSIEtools' ...
** this is package 'rFVSIEtools' version '0.0.0.9000'
** using staged installation
** R
** inst
** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
** help
*** installing help indices
** building package indices
** testing if installed package can be loaded from temporary location
** testing if installed package can be loaded from final location
** testing if installed package keeps a record of temporary installation path
* DONE (rFVSIEtools)

The DESCRIPTION file for my package includes the lines:

Imports: 
    DBI,
    dbplyr,
    dplyr,
    future.apply,
    future,
    rlang,
    RSQLite,
    rFVS,
    stringr
Remotes: USDAForestService/ForestVegetationSimulator-Interface/rFVS

[gaborcsardi]

@sprachan that's an unrelated issue, see the documentation: https://pak.r-lib.org/reference/pak_package_sources.html#package-names