Hi @alteryx_user,
I can't help directly on the GXBoost side, but i did have a similar issue with another R package. I think this error comes when one of the dependent packages is not up to date.
In the first instance, you can try to install the readr package using the R terminal directly. Go to
C:\Program Files\Alteryx\R-3.4.4\bin (or whatever Alteryx install folder you are using), open the terminal (run as admin) and type this (changed for your folders as required).
install.packages("readr", dependencies = TRUE, repos = "http://cran.us.r-project.org", lib = "C:\\Program Files\\Alteryx\\R-3.4.4\\library")
That should install an up to date version. If that doesn't work, it may be one of the dependent packages that is not up to date. In this case, the first thing to try is to figure out which package this is. I did this by trying to install the package using the R tool from the developer tab. In your case something like this should work - you just need any data stream to go in.
# Spatial objects returned as strings, use unserializeObject() to decode individual cells
the.data <- read.Alteryx("#1", mode="data.frame")
AlteryxMessage("Data Loaded as DF", msg.consts$INFO, priority.consts$LOW )
#conditional install function to install the package if not already there.
cond.install <- function(package.name){
options(repos = "http://cran.rstudio.com") #set repo
#check for package in library, if package is missing install
if(package.name%in%rownames(installed.packages())==FALSE) {
install.packages(package.name)}else{require(package.name, character.only = TRUE)}}
#call the function
cond.install("readr")
And after that you should get a message in the Alteryx results window which mentions a package and a version requirement - in my case it was the last line.
Then you can try to re-install this package to your R library using the same R terminal approach mentioned first. (see this link for more detail)
install.packages("YOUR PACKAGE", dependencies = TRUE, repos = "http://cran.us.r-project.org", lib = "C:\\Program Files\\Alteryx\\R-3.4.4\\library").
Hope this helps, however please bear in mind no guarantees that fixing any dependecies wont have any knock on effects elsewhere in the R tools within Alteryx (heopfully not).
Cheers
Tim
