Unable to install ggplot2

General
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#1

Hello, I am a newbie at R and have been trying to install package ggplot2. Based on other answers I installed the package tidyverse as well. However I keep getting the following error:

Error in system2(if (nzchar(arch)) file.path(R.home(), "bin", arch, "Rterm.exe") else file.path(R.home("bin"), :
'"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-4.0.3/bin/i386/Rterm.exe"' not found

  • removing 'C:/Users/shiny/OneDrive/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/ggplot2'
    Warning in install.packages :
    installation of package ‘ggplot2’ had non-zero exit status
#2

Can you post the complete message you get? You might be omitting something relevant.

From what you have posted I can see a potential issue, your package library is in a could synced folder, this brings installation problems very often, try setting your package library in a non synced folder.

#3

This is the full error msg:

*** copying figures
** building package indices
** installing vignettes
** testing if installed package can be loaded from temporary location
*** arch - i386
Error in system2(if (nzchar(arch)) file.path(R.home(), "bin", arch, "Rterm.exe") else file.path(R.home("bin"), :
'"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-4.0.3/bin/i386/Rterm.exe"' not found

  • removing 'C:/Users/shiny/OneDrive/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/ggplot2'

The downloaded source packages are in
'C:\Users\shiny\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpGg7tPl\downloaded_packages'

<U+2714> Package 'ggplot2' successfully installed.
Warning message:
In utils::install.packages("ggplot2", repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/") :
installation of package 'ggplot2' had non-zero exit status

#4

I moved my package to a non-synced folder. However I'm still getting the above error.

#5

I think you are still not showing the complete output message you get, please post the whole thing, not just what you consider to be the error message

#6 
> install.packages("ggplot2")
WARNING: Rtools is required to build R packages but is not currently installed. Please download and install the appropriate version of Rtools before proceeding:

https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/shiny/OneDrive/Documents/R/win-library/4.0’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)

  There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
        binary source needs_compilation
ggplot2  3.3.2  3.3.3             FALSE

installing the source package ‘ggplot2’

trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/ggplot2_3.3.3.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 3058840 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
** help
*** installing help indices
  converting help for package 'ggplot2'
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*** copying figures
** building package indices
** installing vignettes
** testing if installed package can be loaded from temporary location
*** arch - i386
Error in system2(if (nzchar(arch)) file.path(R.home(), "bin", arch, "Rterm.exe") else file.path(R.home("bin"),  : 
  '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-4.0.3/bin/i386/Rterm.exe"' not found
* removing 'C:/Users/shiny/OneDrive/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/ggplot2'
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘ggplot2’ had non-zero exit status

The downloaded source packages are in
	‘C:\Users\shiny\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp4CGVHn\downloaded_packages’
#7

If you are not using the most recent version of R, 4.0.3, I suggest you upgrade to that and then try installing ggplot2.

#8

You are still using a cloud synced folder for your package library

You are missing the Rtools compiler or you haven't correctly configured

Do you have a particular reason for using the 32-bit version of R?

#9

though the folder is under onedrive, it is unsynced.
i did install the rtools separately. And i have installed the 64-bit version only.

#10

The error messages you are showing indicate otherwise so you might want to double-check your setup.

#11

I'll try installing everything again.

#12

it worked after re-installing everything in a new folder. Thank you so much for your help :slight_smile: