Unable to install any R packages "unable to access index for repository"

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I've tried the major fixes seen on stackoverflow, but no luck:

  • Turning off "Use secure download method
  • Changing primary CRAN repository to Global
  • Uninstalling/reinstalling R
    Warning in install.packages :
      unable to access index for repository http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6:
      cannot open URL "http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6/PACKAGES"

Any ideas? This all started after trying to install pdftools (which itself was having issues with pkgconfig).

Edit: Here is the full code block. It manages to download from source, but then gives a zero exit status

install.packages("ggplot2")
Installing package into ‘/Users/jackshaw/Library/R/3.6/library’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning: unable to access index for repository https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6:
  cannot open URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6/PACKAGES'
installing the source package ‘ggplot2’

trying URL 'https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/ggplot2_3.3.0.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3031461 bytes (2.9 MB)
==================================================
downloaded 2.9 MB

[1] "R PROFILE LOADED"

The downloaded source packages are in
    ‘/private/var/folders/c1/5c3yn_tx2fq7nrcjs_kn637r0000gn/T/RtmpjcV10X/downloaded_packages’
Warning message:
In install.packages("ggplot2") :
  installation of package ‘ggplot2’ had non-zero exit status
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