I just ran dev_sitrep() in an R 4.5 session (not important) and saw this:
> dev_sitrep()
✔ Updated metadata database: 8.09 MB in 4 files.
✔ Updating metadata database ... done
── R ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
• version: 4.5.3
• path: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.5-arm64/Resources
! R is out of date (4.5.3 vs 4.6.1)
── Positron ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
• version: 2026.9.0
── devtools ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
• version: 2.5.2
! 1 devtools dependency is not installed.
Install it with pak::pak("devtools").
rdtools (missing)
! 7 devtools dependencies are out of date.
Update them with pak::pak("devtools").
bslib (behind: 0.11.0 vs 0.12.0)
curl (behind: 7.1.0 vs 8.0.0)
gert (behind: 2.4.0 vs 2.4.1)
pak (behind: 0.10.0 vs 0.11.1)
roxygen2 (behind: 8.0.0 vs 8.1.0)
stringi (behind: 1.8.7 vs 1.8.9)
zip (behind: 3.0.1 vs 3.0.2)
── dev package ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
• package: <unset>
• path: <unset>
so I click on pak::pak("devtools") and see:
> pak::pak("devtools")
→ Package library at /Users/jenny/Library/R/arm64/4.5/library.
ℹ No downloads are needed
✔ 1 pkg + 92 deps: kept 86 [666ms]
because the sit rep is really nudging you to do what's meant by pak::pak(devtools, upgrade = TRUE). These updates aren't absolutely required, but this gets you to the latest version of these dependencies.
I just ran
dev_sitrep()in an R 4.5 session (not important) and saw this:so I click on
pak::pak("devtools")and see:because the sit rep is really nudging you to do what's meant by
pak::pak(devtools, upgrade = TRUE). These updates aren't absolutely required, but this gets you to the latest version of these dependencies.