I am unable to install ggplot2 - installation of package ‘ggplot2’ had non-zero exit status

[macyljones18]

> install.packages("ggplot2")

  There is a binary version available
  but the source version is later:
        binary source needs_compilation
ggplot2  3.3.5  3.3.6             FALSE

installing the source package ‘ggplot2’

trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/ggplot2_3.3.6.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3061989 bytes (2.9 MB)
==================================================
downloaded 2.9 MB

* installing *source* package ‘ggplot2’ ...
** package ‘ggplot2’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** using staged installation
** R
** data
*** moving datasets to lazyload DB
** inst
** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
Warning: The package `vctrs` (>= 0.3.8) is required as of rlang 1.0.0.
Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) : 
  namespace ‘vctrs’ 0.3.6 is being loaded, but >= 0.3.8 is required
Calls: <Anonymous> ... namespaceImportFrom -> asNamespace -> loadNamespace
Execution halted
ERROR: lazy loading failed for package ‘ggplot2’
* removing ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.0/Resources/library/ggplot2’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘ggplot2’ had non-zero exit status

The downloaded source packages are in
	‘/private/var/folders/_7/6_pgqmw15j3dsbrp61wb5b940000gn/T/RtmplhXIWm/downloaded_packages’
> 

[FJCC]

The immediate problem is that you need to update your vctrs package. You can do that by running

install.packages("vctrs")

However, the earlier warning saying

There is a binary version available
  but the source version is later

may be a sign of other problems. Which version of R are you running? That is displayed when you start RStudio or R. The current version of R is 4.2.1. You may want to update to that if you are not already using it.

[macyljones18]

@FJCC

install.packages("vctrs")

How do I update? I am a student and I have no idea what I am doing with RStudio. I currently have version 4.0.3

[FJCC]

To update vctrs you can enter the code

install.packages("vctrs")

in the console, which his usually the lower left pane of the Rstudio window.

Updating a package is done just like installing a package. However you are installing ggplot2, you can do the same thing with vctrs.