Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called ‘Rcompression’

Question

I am running a piece of code from RSelenium. I want to use my own Firefox browser profile to scrape websites.

I am trying to run:

fprof <- getFirefoxProfile("C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/x51kgfa5.default")
remDr <- remoteDriver(extraCapabilities = fprof)
remDr$open()

Unfortunately I am getting the Rcompression error.

I have tried to locate an Rcompression package, but without any luck. Any thoughts on a possible solution would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You don't need the package if you useBase = TRUE :

fprof <- getFirefoxProfile("C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/x51kgfa5.default", useBase=TRUE)
remDr <- remoteDriver(extraCapabilities = fprof)
remDr$open()