Ok so the problem was that I had 2 versions of 'R' - 3.2.3 and 3.5.1, I uninstalled the old one and now things seems to be running better however I still can't load ggplot2.
> install.packages("ggplot2")
Warning in install.packages :
dependencies ‘grid’, ‘stats’, ‘grDevices’, ‘graphics’, ‘utils’, ‘methods’, ‘nlme’, ‘tools’ are not available
also installing the dependencies ‘lattice’, ‘glue’, ‘stringi’, ‘fansi’, ‘utf8’, ‘Matrix’, ‘Rcpp’, ‘stringr’, ‘munsell’, ‘R6’, ‘cli’, ‘crayon’, ‘pillar’, ‘digest’, ‘lazyeval’, ‘MASS’, ‘mgcv’, ‘reshape2’, ‘rlang’, ‘scales’, ‘tibble’, ‘viridisLite’, ‘withr’
There are binary versions available but the source versions are later:
binary source needs_compilation
lattice 0.20-35 0.20-38 TRUE
glue 1.0.0 1.3.0 TRUE
stringi 1.1.5 1.2.4 TRUE
Matrix 1.2-8 1.2-15 TRUE
Rcpp 0.12.10 1.0.0 TRUE
stringr 1.2.0 1.3.1 FALSE
munsell 0.4.3 0.5.0 FALSE
R6 2.2.0 2.3.0 FALSE
crayon 1.3.2 1.3.4 FALSE
digest 0.6.12 0.6.18 TRUE
lazyeval 0.2.0 0.2.1 TRUE
MASS 7.3-45 7.3-51.1 TRUE
mgcv 1.8-17 1.8-25 TRUE
reshape2 1.4.2 1.4.3 TRUE
scales 0.4.1 1.0.0 TRUE
tibble 1.3.0 1.4.2 TRUE
viridisLite 0.2.0 0.3.0 FALSE
withr 1.0.2 2.1.2 FALSE
ggplot2 2.2.1 3.1.0 FALSE
Do you want to install from sources the packages which need compilation?
y/n: y
Packages which are only available in source form, and may need compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ‘fansi’ ‘utf8’ ‘rlang’
Do you want to attempt to install these from sources?
y/n: y
installing the source packages ‘lattice’, ‘glue’, ‘stringi’, ‘fansi’, ‘utf8’, ‘Matrix’, ‘Rcpp’, ‘stringr’, ‘munsell’, ‘R6’, ‘cli’, ‘crayon’, ‘pillar’, ‘digest’, ‘lazyeval’, ‘MASS’, ‘mgcv’, ‘reshape2’, ‘rlang’, ‘scales’, ‘tibble’, ‘viridisLite’, ‘withr’, ‘ggplot2’
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/lattice_0.20-38.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/glue_1.3.0.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/stringi_1.2.4.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/fansi_0.4.0.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/utf8_1.1.4.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/Matrix_1.2-15.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/Rcpp_1.0.0.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/stringr_1.3.1.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/munsell_0.5.0.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/R6_2.3.0.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/cli_1.0.1.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/crayon_1.3.4.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/pillar_1.3.0.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/digest_0.6.18.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/lazyeval_0.2.1.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/MASS_7.3-51.1.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/mgcv_1.8-25.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/reshape2_1.4.3.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/rlang_0.3.0.1.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/scales_1.0.0.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/tibble_1.4.2.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/viridisLite_0.3.0.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/withr_2.1.2.tar.gz'
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trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/ggplot2_3.1.0.tar.gz'
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Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/lattice_0.20-38.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘lattice’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/glue_1.3.0.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘glue’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/stringi_1.2.4.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘stringi’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/fansi_0.4.0.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘fansi’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/utf8_1.1.4.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘utf8’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/Rcpp_1.0.0.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘Rcpp’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/munsell_0.5.0.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘munsell’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/R6_2.3.0.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘R6’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/crayon_1.3.4.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘crayon’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/digest_0.6.18.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘digest’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/lazyeval_0.2.1.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘lazyeval’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/MASS_7.3-51.1.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘MASS’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/rlang_0.3.0.1.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘rlang’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/viridisLite_0.3.0.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘viridisLite’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/withr_2.1.2.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘withr’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/Matrix_1.2-15.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘Matrix’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/stringr_1.3.1.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘stringr’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/cli_1.0.1.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘cli’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/scales_1.0.0.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘scales’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/pillar_1.3.0.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘pillar’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/mgcv_1.8-25.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘mgcv’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/reshape2_1.4.3.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘reshape2’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/tibble_1.4.2.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘tibble’ had non-zero exit status
Warning in install.packages :
running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.2.3\library" C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ/downloaded_packages/ggplot2_3.1.0.tar.gz' had status 127
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘ggplot2’ had non-zero exit status
The downloaded source packages are in
‘C:\Users\igal\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcVnpWZ\downloaded_packages’
> library(ggplot2)
Error in library(ggplot2) : there is no package called ‘ggplot2’
What does this error means: "installation of package {package name} had non-zero exit status"?