[R] Error in loadNamespace

[David Winsemius]

> On Dec 7, 2017, at 10:47 AM, James Henson <jfhenson1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello R Community,
> 
> I inadvertently updated packages via R Studio when a package was open.  Now
> when R Studio is opened the message below appears in the console panel.
> 
> Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called ‘yaml’
> 
> Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called ‘yaml’
> 
> When running R code, so far the only function that has not worked is
> datatable () in the ‘DT’ package.  Removing the ‘DT’ package and
> reinstalling it had no effect.  A possible fix is to update R from an older
> version, which was not running when I made the mistake.  Is this a good
> idea?

There is a package on CRAN named "yaml". Have your tried installing it?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> James F. Henson
> 
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David Winsemius
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