Installing packages #196

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1. vsin420 commented on Dec 23, 2020

   

   vsin420

   on Dec 23, 2020

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   Hi, I'm having similar problems with ggplot2:

   install.packages("ggplot2")
   Installing package into 'C:/Users/vsinhaadm/AppData/Local/BERT2/lib'
   (as 'lib' is unspecified)
   --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---

   There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
   binary source needs_compilation
   ggplot2 3.3.0 3.3.2 FALSE

   installing the source package 'ggplot2'

   trying URL 'https://mirror.niser.ac.in/cran/src/contrib/ggplot2_3.3.2.tar.gz'
   Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3054431 bytes (2.9 MB)
   downloaded 2.9 MB

   The downloaded source packages are in
   'C:\Users\vsinhaadm\AppData\Local\Temp\3\RtmpC6WTj4\downloaded_packages'
   Warning message:
   In install.packages("ggplot2") :
   installation of package 'ggplot2' had non-zero exit status

   I'd really appreciate some help here. I have tried dependencies = TRUE & I have tried installing dependent packages similarly but keep running into non-zero exit status error. Thanks.

   Regards,
   Varun
2. vsin420 commented on Jan 9, 2021

   

   vsin420

   on Jan 9, 2021

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   Hi, the following worked for me:

   1. Install RTools to be able to install packages from source
   2. Point Bert to local version of 3.5.3 (3.6 & above don't work for now) by changing preferences (directions on github somewhere)
   3. Make sure R can write to local version of R folder otherwise it will put the packages in personal library
   4. Install required package install.packages("ChainLadder",dependencies=TRUE,type="source") using local version of R (or Bert if you prefer)
   5. I got an error that one package could not be installed from source. I installed the missing package using binary. I installed the rest from source. Seemed to do the trick for now.

   Hope it helps. I guess the error was ultimately because the package to be installed requires latest versions of other packages which we can only get in an older version of R by compiling from source...
3. Ljupch0 commented on Mar 13, 2021

   

   Ljupch0

   on Mar 13, 2021

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   Hi, I found this solution much easier: Set the CRAN to be a MRAN snapshot from when version 3.5.x was the latest. I set this code in the functions.R:

   local({r <- getOption("repos")
          r["CRAN"] <- "https://cran.microsoft.com/snapshot/2019-04-15/" 
          options(repos=r)
   })
   

   You only have packages from April 2019, but they install without problems.
4. ChronoArkangelus commented on Apr 1, 2021

   

   ChronoArkangelus

   on Apr 1, 2021

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   I had the same problem, I need ggplot2 for Excel's reports and Bert don't let me install it.

   EDIT: Thanks, Ljupch0, that works for me.
5. StatsMan1953 commented on Feb 12, 2022

   

   StatsMan1953

   on Feb 12, 2022

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   Have you tried

   install.packages("ggplot2", .Library, repos="https://cran.r-project.org",method="wininet")
6. bro-bert commented on Dec 2, 2023

   

   bro-bert

   on Dec 2, 2023

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   MRAN does not work for installations anymore.

   You can use the solution below instead reproduced from

   https://posit.co/blog/migrating-from-mran-to-posit-package-manager/

   local({
   r <- getOption("repos")
   r["CRAN"] <- "https://packagemanager.posit.co/cran/2022-05-04/"
   options(repos=r)
   })