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Check the most recent install error for likely system requirements

Source: R/diagnose-log.R
check_error.Rd

Convenience wrapper around diagnose_log(). When text is NULL (the default), the most recent R error message is read from base::geterrmessage().

Usage

check_error(
  text = NULL,
  platform = NULL,
  backend = c("auto", "bundled", "ppm", "pak"),
  repo = "cran",
  check_installed = TRUE
)

Arguments

text

Error text. When NULL, the most recent R error message is used.

platform

Platform specification accepted by resolve_platform().

backend

One of "auto", "bundled", "ppm", or "pak" for failed package lookup.

repo

Repository name used by the PPM backend.

check_installed

Whether to check installed system packages on the current host when possible.

Value

A sysreqr_plan.

See also

Other diagnose: diagnose_failed_packages(), diagnose_log()

Examples

check_error(
  text = "ERROR: configuration failed for package 'xml2'",
  platform = "ubuntu-22.04",
  backend = "bundled"
)
#> System requirement preflight
#> 
#> Platform: Ubuntu 22.04
#> Package manager: apt
#> Backend: diagnose-log
#> 
#> R packages checked:
#>   xml2
#> 
#> System packages to install: 
#>   libxml2-dev  needed by: xml2  status: unknown
#> 
#> Run:
#>   sudo apt-get update
#>   sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev
#>