Error in R: (Package which is only available in source form, and may need compilation of C/C++/Fortran)

Question

I\'m trying to install the \'yaml\' and \'stringi\' packages in R-Studio, and it keeps giving me these errors:

> install.packages(\"stringi\")
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Answer 1

Anything worked for me, until I found out my computer had an old version of R installed. Uninstalling everything and installing the newest R version worked!