Can't load geoR package (R, library())

Question

for a project in university, I need to install a package which depends on geoR. Unfortunately, I can't load the package with library(geoR). The installation is not a problem. I've tried to uninstall and install the package and updated R. It still loads "forever". It is particularly strange since I can easily load any other installed package with library(...). Since I don't get any error message in the console, I'm very frustrated and have no idea how to solve that issue. I use Mac OS X 10.14.4. I'm using RStudio Version 1.1.463.

The installation seems to be no problem:

> install.packages("geoR")
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.5/geoR_1.7-5.2.1.tgz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1544028 bytes (1.5 MB)
==================================================
downloaded 1.5 MB


The downloaded binary packages are in
    /var/folders/cn/p44ynxg91mq7_ld8qrllxtx80000gn/T//RtmpGJbn5O/downloaded_packages
> library(geoR)

After the library-call, a never-ending process starts. Is there a way to track the library call? I haven't found any proper solution online. Since it loads forever, the only thing I can do is to force quit R Studio. I've tried to load it in R as well, didn't work either. I've also tried to delete the (installed geoR)-folder manually in library/Frameworks/r.framework/..., it didn't help as well.

Answer 1

Try installing an older version using devtools :

remove.packages("geoR")
install.packages("devtools")
require(devtools)
install_version("geoR", version = "1.7-4.1", repos = "http://cran.r-project.org")
options(gsubfn.engine = "R")
library(geoR, verbose = TRUE)