Error when trying to install package in R: 'No such file or directory'

Question

When trying to install a package in RStudio created by my university, I get the following error message:

* installing *source* package 'namePackage' ...
** using staged installation
** R
** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading

Fatal error: cannot open file 'C:\\Users\\firstName': No such file or directory

My working directory is set to 'C:\\Users\\firstName lastName\\Documents\\Case Econometrics\\Input' , and the package I am trying to install using the command

 install.packages("namePackage.tar.gz", source = TRUE, repos = NULL)

is in the 'Input' directory.

Is there anyone who knows why it doesn't work to install the package?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

try this below. I think your slashes are wrong. you should use forward slashes.

install.packages('C:/Users/firstName lastName/Documents/Case Econometrics/Input/namePackage.tar.gz', type="source", repos = NULL)