title: install.package() on RStudio on Amazon EC2 doesn't work. Package not available for R version 3.3.3
body: <p>I've seen this: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25721884/how-should-i-deal-with-package-xxx-is-not-available-for-r-version-x-y-z-wa">How should I deal with &quot;package &#39;xxx&#39; is not available (for R version x.y.z)&quot; warning?</a></p>
  
  <p>and been through the list. No luck. I've also navigated via SSH to my library to see if there was some LOCK file or corrupt install. There is nothing there. </p>
  
  <p>I literally just installed RStudio on Amazon EC2 and can't install the any new packages. 
  I've done it this way: <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/running-r-on-aws/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/running-r-on-aws/</a>
  I've also used Ubuntu with Louis Anslett's AMI: <a href="http://www.louisaslett.com/RStudio_AMI/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.louisaslett.com/RStudio_AMI/</a></p>
  
  <p>I get the same problem in both. I have downloaded them manually and installed the tar.gz files from the temp directory. The CRAN repository seems to be fine because install.packages() downloads the tar.gz to /tmp/Rtmp2Rh9Zr/downloaded_packages/ just fine, but then the actual install process fails. </p>
  
  <p>When I run install.packages("haven") for instance, it says </p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; install.packages("haven")
  Installing package into ‘/home/jblocher/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.3’
  (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
  also installing the dependencies ‘R6’, ‘assertthat’, ‘rlang’, ‘Rcpp’, ‘readr’, ‘hms’, ‘tibble’, ‘BH’
  
  trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/R6_2.2.1.tar.gz'
  Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 325641 bytes (318 KB)
  ==================================================
  downloaded 318 KB
  
  trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/assertthat_0.2.0.tar.gz'
  Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 11612 bytes (11 KB)
  ==================================================
  downloaded 11 KB
  
  trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/rlang_0.1.1.tar.gz'
  Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 201419 bytes (196 KB)
  ==================================================
  downloaded 196 KB
  
  trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/Rcpp_0.12.11.tar.gz'
  Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2485092 bytes (2.4 MB)
  ==================================================
  downloaded 2.4 MB
  
  trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/readr_1.1.1.tar.gz'
  Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 233793 bytes (228 KB)
  ==================================================
  downloaded 228 KB
  
  trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/hms_0.3.tar.gz'
  Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 7271 bytes
  ==================================================
  downloaded 7271 bytes
  
  trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/tibble_1.3.1.tar.gz'
  Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 91235 bytes (89 KB)
  ==================================================
  downloaded 89 KB
  
  trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/BH_1.62.0-1.tar.gz'
  Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 10181096 bytes (9.7 MB)
  ==================================================
  downloaded 9.7 MB
  
  trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/haven_1.0.0.tar.gz'
  Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 150016 bytes (146 KB)
  ==================================================
  downloaded 146 KB
  
  Error in library(haven) : there is no package called ‘haven’
  Execution halted
  Warning in install.packages :
    installation of package ‘R6’ had non-zero exit status
  Error in library(haven) : there is no package called ‘haven’
  Execution halted
  Warning in install.packages :
    installation of package ‘assertthat’ had non-zero exit status
  Error in library(haven) : there is no package called ‘haven’
  Execution halted
  Warning in install.packages :
    installation of package ‘rlang’ had non-zero exit status
  Error in library(haven) : there is no package called ‘haven’
  Execution halted
  Warning in install.packages :
    installation of package ‘Rcpp’ had non-zero exit status
  Error in library(haven) : there is no package called ‘haven’
  Execution halted
  Warning in install.packages :
    installation of package ‘hms’ had non-zero exit status
  Error in library(haven) : there is no package called ‘haven’
  Execution halted
  Warning in install.packages :
    installation of package ‘BH’ had non-zero exit status
  Error in library(haven) : there is no package called ‘haven’
  Execution halted
  Warning in install.packages :
    installation of package ‘tibble’ had non-zero exit status
  Error in library(haven) : there is no package called ‘haven’
  Execution halted
  Warning in install.packages :
    installation of package ‘readr’ had non-zero exit status
  Error in library(haven) : there is no package called ‘haven’
  Execution halted
  Warning in install.packages :
    installation of package ‘haven’ had non-zero exit status
  
  The downloaded source packages are in
      ‘/tmp/Rtmpia0VEs/downloaded_packages’
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I install it using the already downloaded package, it says </p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; install.packages("/tmp/Rtmp2Rh9Zr/downloaded_packages/haven_1.0.0.tar.gz")
  Installing package into ‘/home/jblocher/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.3’
  (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
  Warning in install.packages :
    package ‘/tmp/Rtmp2Rh9Zr/downloaded_packages/haven_1.0.0.tar.gz’ is not available (for R version 3.3.3)
  </code></pre>