Error: 'create' is not an exported object from 'namespace:devtools'

[bennlich]

I installed devtools with packages.install('devtools') and it eventually installed without error. I can't seem to use any of its methods though?

> devtools::create("atp-analytics")
Error: 'create' is not an exported object from 'namespace:devtools'

> devtools::use_package()
Error: 'use_package' is not an exported object from 'namespace:devtools'

I feel like I must be missing some trivial step...

> version
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platform       x86_64-pc-linux-gnu         
arch           x86_64                      
os             linux-gnu                   
system         x86_64, linux-gnu           
status                                     
major          3                           
minor          5.2                         
year           2018                        
month          12                          
day            20                          
svn rev        75870                       
language       R                           
version.string R version 3.5.2 (2018-12-20)
nickname       Eggshell Igloo       

[jennybc]

devtools did drop create(), in favour of usethis::create_package().

In an upcoming release, devtools::create() will be restored, to support backwards compatibility with older versions of RStudio, But it's still a better idea to call usethis::create_package().

use_package() (and all functions in usethis) are made available by devtools, but the function actually lives in usethis. So if you want to call it in a namespace-qualified way, it must be usethis::use_package(). Or, after attaching devtools via library(devtools), you can just call use_package() directly. But you cannot call it via devtools::use_package().

More about the relationship between devtools and usethis:

• devtools 2.0.0 release post: https://www.tidyverse.org/articles/2018/10/devtools-2-0-0/
• devtools vs. usethis usage advice in R Packages: https://r-pkgs.org/setup.html#setup-usage

[bennlich]

Thank you! This is super helpful.

Maybe worth updating the cheatsheet on the homepage?

[jennybc]

Maybe worth updating the cheatsheet on the homepage?

Excellent point! Will you open a new issue about that? Looks like that dates back to January 2015.

[bennlich]

Done! #2107

[vojtechhuser]

I just had the same errror and this helped me

[JimShady]

^and me

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