Install and load Tidymodels package in AML

Question

I'm trying install and load some R packages in the Execute R Script in Azure Machine Learning for to run models, such as tidymodels, timetk, modeltime, modeltime.ensemble.

library(forecast)
library(tidyverse)
library(lubridate)
install.packages("quantdates",repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org")
install.packages("tidymodels",repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org")
library(quantdates)
library(tidymodels) 
library(timetk) 
library(modeltime) 
library(modeltime.resample) 
library(modeltime.ensemble)

However I get the following error:

Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘tidymodels’ in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[i]]):
namespace ‘rlang’ 0.4.5 is already loaded, but >= 1.0.2 is required
azureml_main(input_dataframe_1), library(tidymodels), tryCatch({
    attr(package, "LibPath") <- which.lib.loc
    ns <- loadNamespace(package, lib.loc)
    env <- attachNamespace(ns, pos = pos, deps)
}, error = function(e) {
    P <- if (!is.null(cc <- conditionCall(e))) 
        paste(" in", deparse(cc)[1])
    else ""
    msg <- gettextf("package or namespace load failed for %s%s:\n %s", sQuote(package), P, conditionMessage(e))
    if (logical.return) 
        message(paste("Error:", msg), domain = NA)
    else stop(msg, call. = FALSE, domain = NA)
}), tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers), tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1]]), value[[3]](cond), stop(msg, call. = FALSE, domain = NA), .handleSimpleError(function (e) 
{
    error_msg <<- paste(toString(e), toString(sys.calls()[-c(1:3)]), sep = "\n")
    stop(e)
}, "package or namespace load failed for ‘tidymodels’ in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[i]]):\n namespace ‘rlang’ 0.4.5 is already loaded, but >= 1.0.2 is required", quote(NULL)), h(simpleError(msg, call))
'.
---------- End of error message from R  interpreter  ----------

I have also tried with devtools package for install a particular version but I keep getting the same error with the rlang package. Sometimes, I get the same error with the cli package.

In my local machine, the R code runs fine. I have the R version 4.1.3 and the Azure Machine Learning has the R version 3.5.1.

Does anyone know how I can solve this problem?

Answer 1

@romungi-MSFT After everything I've managed to consult, I think the problem is in the R version 3.5.1: tidymodels package require a rlang version package greater than o equal to 1.0.2. However, the rlang version 1.0.2 only works for R versions starting from 4.0.0:

       Package  Version  Published  
96           R    3.5.1 2018-07-02  
97  tidymodels    0.0.1 2018-07-27  
98       rlang    0.2.2 2018-08-16  
99       rlang    0.3.0 2018-10-22  
100      rlang  0.3.0.1 2018-10-25  
101 tidymodels    0.0.2 2018-11-27  
102          R    3.5.2 2018-12-20  
103      rlang    0.3.1 2019-01-08  
104          R    3.5.3 2019-03-11  
105      rlang    0.3.2 2019-03-21  
106      rlang    0.3.3 2019-03-29  
107      rlang    0.3.4 2019-04-07  
108          R    3.6.0 2019-04-26  
109      rlang    0.4.0 2019-06-25  
110          R    3.6.1 2019-07-05  
111 tidymodels    0.0.3 2019-10-04  
112      rlang    0.4.1 2019-10-24  
113      rlang    0.4.2 2019-11-23  
114          R    3.6.2 2019-12-12  
115      rlang    0.4.3 2020-01-24  
116      rlang    0.4.4 2020-01-28  
117 tidymodels    0.1.0 2020-02-16  
118          R    3.6.3 2020-02-29  
119      rlang    0.4.5 2020-03-01  
120          R    4.0.0 2020-04-24  
121      rlang    0.4.6 2020-05-02  
122          R    4.0.1 2020-06-06  
123          R    4.0.2 2020-06-22  
124      rlang    0.4.7 2020-07-09  
125 tidymodels    0.1.1 2020-07-14  
126      rlang    0.4.8 2020-10-08  
127          R    4.0.3 2020-10-10  
128 tidymodels    0.1.2 2020-11-22  
129      rlang    0.4.9 2020-11-26  
130      rlang   0.4.10 2020-12-30  
131          R    4.0.4 2021-02-15  
132          R    4.0.5 2021-03-31  
133 tidymodels    0.1.3 2021-04-19  
134      rlang   0.4.11 2021-04-30  
135          R    4.1.0 2021-05-18  
136          R    4.1.1 2021-08-10  
137 tidymodels    0.1.4 2021-10-01  
138      rlang   0.4.12 2021-10-18  
139      rlang    1.0.0 2022-01-26  
140      rlang    1.0.1 2022-02-03  
141      rlang    1.0.2 2022-03-04  
142 tidymodels    0.2.0 2022-03-19  

For this reason, in the AML only loaded (or manages to load) the rlang version 0.4.5, which the last compatible version for R 3.0.0. The rlang version 1.0.2 only is compatible for R 4.0.0. I wish there was a possibility that AML had a more recent version of R. Thank you again.

Answer 2

@Jean Paul Piedrahita García I think the reason that tidymodels failed to install is because it is built on windows as per the Description file of the package.

Built: R 4.2.0; ; 2022-05-24 05:31:20 UTC; windows  

The note and warning section of Installing R packages from documentation details the way to check if a package can be installed with the Execute R script module.

Do not install packages which are pre-built on/for Windows, since the designer components are running on Ubuntu. To check whether a package is pre-built on windows, you could go to CRAN and search your package, download one binary file according to your OS, and check Built: part in the DESCRIPTION file.

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