rmarkdown is not available (for R version 3.1.1)

Question

I am looking to create some reports using R using markdown via RStudio. Unfortunately, I am unable to open the scripting window as I am getting an error message when trying to download the 'rmarkdown' package.

Here is a list of what I have attempted to do to resolve the issue to date:

• Automatically install packages - all packages download properly except for one (rmarkdown) and I get the following errors:

Installing package into 'C:/Users/rp5/Documents/R/win-library/3.1' (as 'lib' is unspecified) 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

• If I try using install.packages("rmarkdown") or using the github manual downlaod:

rmarkdown is not available (for R version 3.1.1)

• I have tried using various versions of R, updating my current packages, as well un-installing and reinstalling R and R Studio, deleting all previous packages.

Any ideas on what to try next?

Answer 1

rmarkdown package isn't available via CRAN now. You can install it with devtools::install_github("rstudio/rmarkdown") command. Also rmarkdown package included in latest versions of the RStudio IDE.