Error installing ggplot2 in R studio

I have a problem Installing ggplot2 I read many threads but none help me out. Appreciate your time and help!

Installing package into ‘\\xxx.local/shared/UsersMyDocs/alijanim/Documents/R/win-library/3.4’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)

  There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
        binary source needs_compilation
ggplot2  3.1.1  3.2.0             FALSE

installing the source package ‘ggplot2’

trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/ggplot2_3.2.0.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3193995 bytes (3.0 MB)
downloaded 3.0 MB

'\\xxx.local\shared\UsersMyDocs\xxx\Documents'
CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory.
UNC paths are not supported.  Defaulting to Windows directory.
* installing *source* package 'ggplot2' ...
** package 'ggplot2' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** R
** data
*** moving datasets to lazyload DB
** inst
** preparing package for lazy loading
** help
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*** copying figures
** building package indices
** installing vignettes
Warning in file(con, "w") :
  cannot open file '\\xxx.local/shared/UsersMyDocs/xxx/Documents/R/win-library/3.4/ggplot2/doc/index.html': No such file or directory
Error in file(con, "w") : cannot open the connection
ERROR: installing vignettes failed
* removing '\\xxx.local/shared/UsersMyDocs/xxx/Documents/R/win-library/3.4/ggplot2'
In R CMD INSTALL
Warning in install.packages :
  running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-34~1.3/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL -l "\\xxx.local\shared\UsersMyDocs\xxx\Documents\R\win-library\3.4" C:\Users\alijanim\AppData\Local\Temp\1\RtmpQhC2Vt/downloaded_packages/ggplot2_3.2.0.tar.gz' had status 1
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘ggplot2’ had non-zero exit status

The downloaded source packages are in
	‘C:\Users\alijanim\AppData\Local\Temp\1\RtmpQhC2Vt\downloaded_packages’
> install.packages("vignettes")
Installing package into ‘\\xxx.local/shared/UsersMyDocs/alijanim/Documents/R/win-library/3.4’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning in install.packages :
  package ‘vignettes’ is not available (for R version 3.4.3)

There is no package "vignettes", that error means that the installer is not being able to install the vignettes of the ggplot2 package in that specific folder. Is your package library located in a network drive? that usually brings this kind of problems, try installing to a local folder instead.

Hi,
Everything is in my local folder. I have two folders, library like folder, in two locations:
C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.3\library and \xxxlocal \shared\UsersMyDocs\users\Documents\R\win-library\3.4 and I am not sure if it causes an issue. When installed R studio both created.
The point is when I go to Packages->Install by default "install to Library" has been set to
\xxxlocal \shared\UsersMyDocs\users\Documents\R\win-library\3.4
Do you think there is problem with this?
I also uninstalled and installed R studio again bur the same error persisted.
Thanks a lot!

This path looks very unusual, try installing to the other folder (make sure to run RStudio as Administrator).

install.packages("ggplot2", lib = "C:/Program Files/R/R-3.4.3/library")

First of all it is complaining:

Warning in install.packages :
  'lib = "C:/Program Files/R/R-3.4.3/library"' is not writable

then I set that as working library.What it did was the thing that I copied in my first message and at the end again

** building package indices
** installing vignettes
Warning in file(con, "w") :
  cannot open file '\\xxx.local/shared/UsersMyDocs/alijanim/Documents/R/win-library/3.4/ggplot2/doc/index.html': No such file or directory
Error in file(con, "w") : cannot open the connection
ERROR: installing vignettes failed
* removing '\\xxx.local/shared/UsersMyDocs/alijanim/Documents/R/win-library/3.4/ggplot2'
In R CMD INSTALL
Warning in install.packages :
  running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-34~1.3/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL -l "\\xxx.local\shared\UsersMyDocs\alijanim\Documents\R\win-library\3.4" C:\Users\alijanim\AppData\Local\Temp\1\Rtmp6fYbJB/downloaded_packages/ggplot2_3.2.0.tar.gz' had status 1
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘ggplot2’ had non-zero exit status

The downloaded source packages are in
	‘C:\Users\alijanim\AppData\Local\Temp\1\Rtmp6fYbJB\downloaded_packages’ 

I have no clue and both of those folders have packages inside which are NOT the same

Should copy all the content of

\xxxlocal \shared\UsersMyDocs\users\Documents\R\win-library\3.4

to

C:/Program Files/R/R-3.4.3/library

?
Here is the screenshot of Tools-> Global Options. I changed the default working directory to

 C:/Program Files/R/R-3.4.3/library

Again, are you running RStudio as administrator? this seems like a permissions issue.

I don't have administrator access. Yes, I will try again and let you know the following

install.packages("ggplot2", lib = "C:/Program Files/R/R-3.4.3/library")

Thanks a lot. I was able to install ggplot2 with administrator permission. Do you recommend me to copy all libraries from the unusual path

\xxxlocal \shared\UsersMyDocs\users\Documents\R\win-library\3.4

to

 C:/Program Files/R/R-3.4.3/library

or I can leave them in whatever location as they are.

Thank you for you time!

You just have to make sure to have write permissions in your library folder, which one you choose to work with depends on your workflow and personal preferences, in my case, I like to install packages system wide so I use "C:/Program Files/R/R-3.6.1/library"

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