if pkg_vload() is not successful in installing a package it gives a permanent error afterwards

[venpopov]

I ran into this problem when trying to install a really old version of plotly with pkg_vload(plotly("4.7.1")). There was some error during the installation due to an unavailable dependency. Afterwards, runnign the command again said something like "package plotly doesn't exist".

Despite the failed installation, there was a leftover folder in the user library. Deleting it solved the problem. I need to make sure to clean-up in case of error.

[venpopov]

The problem is that I currently create a folder pkgname-#.#.# with the pkgname true folder inside of that.
When a package like dplyr gives an error, it removes the final folder, but my own folder remains:

* removing ‘/Users/vpopov/Library/R/arm64/4.4/library/dplyr-0.7.4/dplyr’