Issue on installation of httpgd with Surface Pro 11

[S-Koiso]

I try to install the package to enhance my MS VS code visualization but I got errors. How can I solve this problem?

Environment

• OS: Windows 11 64ARM (Surface Pro 11)
• R version: 4.5.1

> remotes::install_github("nx10/httpgd")
Downloading GitHub repo nx10/httpgd@HEAD
── R CMD build ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
✔  checking for file 'C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpyGkGPX\remotes1af050131a9c\nx10-httpgd-dd6ed3a/DESCRIPTION' (342ms)
─  preparing 'httpgd': (1.5s)
✔  checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... 
─  cleaning src
─  checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts (460ms)
─  checking for empty or unneeded directories
─  building 'httpgd_2.0.4.tar.gz'   Warning: file 'httpgd/cleanup' did not have execute permissions: corrected
   Warning: file 'httpgd/configure' did not have execute permissions: corrected
   
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
* installing *source* package 'httpgd' ...
** this is package 'httpgd' version '2.0.4'
** using staged installation
** libs
using C++ compiler: 'G__~1.EXE (GCC) 14.2.0'
rm -f cpp11.o httpgd.o httpgd_rng.o httpgd_webserver.o unigd_impl.o
g++ -std=gnu++17  -I"C:/PROGRA~2/R/R-45~1.1/include" -DNDEBUG -Ilib -DFMT_HEADER_ONLY -DHTTPGD_DEBUG_DEVICE -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/unigd/include' -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/cpp11/include' -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/AsioHeaders/include'   -I"C:/rtools45/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/include"      -O2 -Wall  -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mstackrealign    -c cpp11.cpp -o cpp11.o
g++ -std=gnu++17  -I"C:/PROGRA~2/R/R-45~1.1/include" -DNDEBUG -Ilib -DFMT_HEADER_ONLY -DHTTPGD_DEBUG_DEVICE -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/unigd/include' -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/cpp11/include' -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/AsioHeaders/include'   -I"C:/rtools45/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/include"      -O2 -Wall  -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mstackrealign    -c httpgd.cpp -o httpgd.o
g++ -std=gnu++17  -I"C:/PROGRA~2/R/R-45~1.1/include" -DNDEBUG -Ilib -DFMT_HEADER_ONLY -DHTTPGD_DEBUG_DEVICE -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/unigd/include' -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/cpp11/include' -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/AsioHeaders/include'   -I"C:/rtools45/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/include"      -O2 -Wall  -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mstackrealign    -c httpgd_rng.cpp -o httpgd_rng.o
g++ -std=gnu++17  -I"C:/PROGRA~2/R/R-45~1.1/include" -DNDEBUG -Ilib -DFMT_HEADER_ONLY -DHTTPGD_DEBUG_DEVICE -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/unigd/include' -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/cpp11/include' -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/AsioHeaders/include'   -I"C:/rtools45/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/include"      -O2 -Wall  -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mstackrealign    -c httpgd_webserver.cpp -o httpgd_webserver.o
g++ -std=gnu++17  -I"C:/PROGRA~2/R/R-45~1.1/include" -DNDEBUG -Ilib -DFMT_HEADER_ONLY -DHTTPGD_DEBUG_DEVICE -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/unigd/include' -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/cpp11/include' -I'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/AsioHeaders/include'   -I"C:/rtools45/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/include"      -O2 -Wall  -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mstackrealign    -c unigd_impl.cpp -o unigd_impl.o
g++ -std=gnu++17 -shared -s -static-libgcc -o httpgd.dll tmp.def cpp11.o httpgd.o httpgd_rng.o httpgd_webserver.o unigd_impl.o -lmswsock -lwsock32 -lws2_32 -lbcrypt -LC:/rtools45/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/lib/x64 -LC:/rtools45/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/lib -LC:/PROGRA~2/R/R-45~1.1/bin/x64 -lR
installing to C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/00LOCK-httpgd/00new/httpgd/libs/x64
** R
** inst
** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'httpgd'
* removing 'C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/R/win-library/4.5/httpgd'
Warning message:
In i.p(...) :
  installation of package ‘C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpyGkGPX/file1af06ed52a8/httpgd_2.0.4.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit status

[remlapmot]

I would guess that this is not a bug with httpgd but, I think probably with your setup.

You seem to have a Windows computer with an ARM processor. However I can see from the filepaths that you have installed RTools45 for x86_64 computers. However, maybe you have installed RTools45 for x86_64 computers. That would only be appropriate if you have installed x86_64 R (and therefore it's running under emulation).

So I would make sure I had installed R for ARM and RTools45 for ARM for Windows

https://www.r-project.org/nosvn/winutf8/aarch64/R-4-signed/R-4.5.1-aarch64.exe

https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/rtools45/files/rtools45-aarch64-6608-6492.exe

[S-Koiso]

Thank you for pointing this out. I recognize that this is most likely not a bug in httpgd itself but rather due to my setup.

To clarify my situation:

I’m currently using the x86_64 (emulated) versions of R and Rtools, because my main IDE is RStudio, which does not yet have a native ARM build for Windows and does not recognize R (ARM) and Rtools (ARM).

I’d like to keep RStudio as my main environment, but I also use MS VS Code as a secondary IDE.

The issue I face is that the emulated setup sometimes prevents me from installing certain packages including httpgd smoothly.

My question is:
Is there a way whether (1) to install httpgd while sticking to the emulated x86_64 R/Rtools setup, or (2) to switch to the ARM builds of R and Rtools (linked above) without sacrificing RStudio compatibility.

Any guidance would be very helpful.

[remlapmot]

If you have the RTools45 for x86_64 installed, I'm not sure why building from source failed.

The alternative is to find the x86_64 binary package from somewhere - it's no longer on CRAN, so r-universe is the next best bet. The developer used to make this available in his r-universe, however, he seems to have removed it. So I have temporarily included it in my r-universe. So running the following in your x86_64 R for Windows should hopefully install the binary for x86_64 Windows from my r-universe.

install.packages('httpgd', repos = c('https://remlapmot.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

If that does not work you can try downloading the x86_64 Windows binary from r-universe and doing the manual installation, e.g., download the zip from https://remlapmot.r-universe.dev/bin/windows/contrib/4.5/httpgd_2.0.4.zip then use the RStudio Packages pane, click Install, and change Install from to Package Archive File and set it in the next box.

[eitsupi]

The developer used to make this available in his r-universe, however, he seems to have removed it.

You can install from R-multiverse:
https://community.r-multiverse.org/httpgd

[S-Koiso]

Highly appreciated! I solved the issue by installing the package from @remlapmot 's r-universe.