RASM Build for R Package No Longer Working (webR + altdoc)

[jgeller112]

Summary
I have an R package that uses webR and altdoc to build an interactive documentation website. This setup **previously worked, but recently started failing without any changes to the workflow.

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Environment

• r-wasm/actions@v1
• webr-image: ghcr.io/r-wasm/webr:v0.5.2
• Package uses altdoc + quarto + webR

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YAML Snippet

- name: Build WASM R packages
  uses: r-wasm/actions/build-rwasm@v1
  with:
    packages: "."
    repo-path: "_site"
    webr-image: "ghcr.io/r-wasm/webr:v0.5.2"

I get this error

ERROR: dependencies 'tidyverse', 'janitor', 'readxl', 'ggokabeito', 'here', 'knitr', 'tinytable', 'easystats', 'zoo' are not available for package 'mypkg'

I have also raised this here: coatless-r-n-d/quarto-webr-in-altdoc#2

Here is link to my the yml I am using, if that helps: https://github.com/jgeller112/webgazeR/blob/master/.github/workflows/altdoc.yaml

I am not sure this is right place, but I hope someone can help me figure this out.

[georgestagg]

I think this is due to r-lib/pak#784.

A fix for that issue has already been made, but a version of pak containing the fix has not been released yet. In theory, once the next version of pak hits CRAN this error should go away.

[jgeller112]

Thanks for the quick response and helpful information!

[psychemedia]

Is there a way of modifying the action call to use the unreleased version of the package frompaks Github repo until such a time as the updated package is formally released?

[jgeller112]

Is there a way of modifying the action call to use the unreleased version of the package frompaks Github repo until such a time as the updated package is formally released?

Would want something like this as well.

[psychemedia]

Does this helpnas a way of getting a fixed(?) version of pak ( I am unable to check at the moment?) https://pak.r-lib.org/reference/install.html#nightly-builds

Also, how would the builder action then make use of it?