[R] install issue with survey package?

[Alexander Nervedi]

Have been trying to run a few packages with dependency on the survey package (e.g. twang) and have run into trouble that I am not sure how to resolve. Any help would be appreciated, the code (and error messages) are below:

--- R log begins ---
> install.packages("survey")
Installing package into �D:/Users/Al Nerdi/Documents/R/win-library/3.5�
(as �lib� is unspecified)

  There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
       binary source needs_compilation
survey 3.33-2   3.34             FALSE

installing the source package �survey�

trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/survey_3.34.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1476949 bytes (1.4 MB)
downloaded 1.4 MB

Warning: invalid package 'D:\Users\Al'
Warning: invalid package 'Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY/downloaded_packages/survey_3.34.tar.gz'
Error: ERROR: no packages specified
In R CMD INSTALL
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package �survey� had non-zero exit status

The downloaded source packages are in
�D:\Users\Al Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY\downloaded_packages�

> install.packages("twang")
Installing package into �D:/Users/Al Nerdi/Documents/R/win-library/3.5�
(as �lib� is unspecified)
also installing the dependencies �gbm�, �survey�


  There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
       binary source needs_compilation
survey 3.33-2   3.34             FALSE

trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.5/gbm_2.1.4.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 1094087 bytes (1.0 MB)
downloaded 1.0 MB

trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.5/twang_1.5.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 1516991 bytes (1.4 MB)
downloaded 1.4 MB

package �gbm� successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package �twang� successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

The downloaded binary packages are in
D:\Users\Al Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY\downloaded_packages
installing the source package �survey�

trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/survey_3.34.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1476949 bytes (1.4 MB)
downloaded 1.4 MB

Warning: invalid package 'D:\Users\Al'
Warning: invalid package 'Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY/downloaded_packages/survey_3.34.tar.gz'
Error: ERROR: no packages specified
In R CMD INSTALL
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package �survey� had non-zero exit status

The downloaded source packages are in
�D:\Users\Al Nerdi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpU3AmrY\downloaded_packages�
> library(twang)
Loading required package: gbm
Loaded gbm 2.1.4
Error: package �survey� required by �twang� could not be found

> R.Version()
$`platform`
[1] "x86_64-w64-mingw32"

$arch
[1] "x86_64"

$os
[1] "mingw32"

$system
[1] "x86_64, mingw32"

$status
[1] ""

$major
[1] "3"

$minor
[1] "5.1"

$year
[1] "2018"

$month
[1] "07"

$day
[1] "02"

$`svn rev`
[1] "74947"

$language
[1] "R"

$version.string
[1] "R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02)"

$nickname
[1] "Feather Spray"

--- R log ends ---

I am not sure how to address this. Any suggestions will be great!

Grazie,

Al Nerdi

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