Installation failure with 'pak' - invalid binary #416
Description
I'm getting a failure trying to install devtools on Ubuntu using pak, it points to an invalid binary httpuv package:
# /opt/R/4.0.5/bin/Rscript -e 'pak::pkg_install("devtools")'
v Loading metadata database ... done
> Will install 37 packages.
> All 37 packages (0 B) are cached.
+ Rcpp 1.0.14
+ httpuv 1.6.16 + v make, v zlib1g-dev
+ pillar 1.10.2
+ pkgbuild 1.4.7
+ pkgconfig 2.0.3
+ pkgdown 2.1.1 + v pandoc
+ pkgload 1.4.0
+ praise 1.0.0
+ prettyunits 1.2.0
+ processx 3.8.6
+ profvis 0.4.0
+ promises 1.3.2
+ ps 1.9.1
+ ragg 1.4.0 + v libfreetype6-dev, v libjpeg-dev, v libpng-dev, v libtiff-dev
+ rcmdcheck 1.4.0
+ remotes 2.5.0 + v git
+ rmarkdown 2.29 + v pandoc
+ roxygen2 7.3.2
+ rversions 2.1.2
+ sass 0.4.10 + v make
+ sessioninfo 1.2.3
+ shiny 1.10.0
+ sourcetools 0.1.7-1
+ stringi 1.8.7 + v libicu-dev
+ stringr 1.5.1
+ systemfonts 1.2.2 + v libfontconfig1-dev, v libfreetype6-dev
+ testthat 3.2.3
+ textshaping 1.0.0 + v libfreetype6-dev, v libfribidi-dev, v libharfbuzz-dev
+ tibble 3.2.1
+ tinytex 0.57
+ urlchecker 1.0.1
+ utf8 1.2.4
+ waldo 0.6.1
+ xfun 0.52
+ xml2 1.3.8 + v libxml2-dev
+ xopen 1.0.1
+ xtable 1.8-4
v All system requirements are already installed.
i No downloads are needed, 37 pkgs are cached
v Got ragg 1.4.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ubuntu-24.04) (431.17 kB)
v Got tinytex 0.57 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ubuntu-24.04) (36.58 kB)
v Got ps 1.9.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ubuntu-24.04) (168.75 kB)
v Got sass 0.4.10 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ubuntu-24.04) (3.03 MB)
v Got httpuv 1.6.16 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ubuntu-24.04) (1.90 MB)
v Installed pillar 1.10.2 (109ms)
v Installed pkgbuild 1.4.7 (157ms)
v Installed pkgconfig 2.0.3 (180ms)
Error:
! error in pak subprocess
Caused by error in `verify_extracted_package(filename, pkg_cache)`:
! /tmp/Rtmp4yPD2c/file4621a206b85/src/contrib/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ubuntu-24.04/4.0/httpuv_1.6.16.tar.gz is not a valid binary, it is missing httpuv/Meta/package.rds.
---
Backtrace:
1. pak::pkg_install("devtools")
2. pak:::remote(function(...) get("pkg_install_do_plan", asNamespace("pak"))(...), ...
3. err$throw(res$error)
---
Subprocess backtrace:
1. base::withCallingHandlers(cli_message = function(msg) { ...
2. get("pkg_install_do_plan", asNamespace("pak"))(...)
3. proposal$install()
4. pkgdepends::install_package_plan(plan, lib = private$library, num_workers = nw, ...
5. base::withCallingHandlers({ ...
6. pkgdepends:::handle_events(state, events)
7. pkgdepends:::handle_event(state, i)
8. proc$get_result()
9. processx:::process_get_result(self, private)
10. private$post_process()
11. pkgdepends:::install_extracted_binary(filename, lib_cache, pkg_cache, lib, ...
12. pkgdepends:::verify_extracted_package(filename, pkg_cache)
13. base::throw(pkg_error("{.path {filename}} is not a valid binary, it is missing {miss}.", ...
14. | base::signalCondition(cond)
15. global (function (e) ...
Execution halted
Looking at the .tar.gz file, it does indeed seem to be a source distribution instead of a binary, so I'm not sure whether this is a problem with the artifact itself or with pak. I did upgrade pak to version 0.8.0.2 and the problem persists, though.
Any advice?