Plotting using R isn't working...

[kabua]

While trying to get the Getting-Started project Md5VsSha256 working. I have just installed R for Windows (R-4.2.1) for the first time and then set the following environment variables:

R_Home=C:\Program Files\R\R-4.2.1
R_LIBS_USER=c:\temp\r_libs

I keep getting this error:

Error in library(ggplot2) : there is no package called 'ggplot2'

But according to the log, it was installed.

Here's the log file

  There are binary versions available but the source versions are later:
          binary source needs_compilation
cli        3.3.0  3.4.0              TRUE
lifecycle  1.0.1  1.0.2             FALSE
tidyr      1.2.0  1.2.1              TRUE
  Binaries will be installed
package 'colorspace' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'farver' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'labeling' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'munsell' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'RColorBrewer' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'viridisLite' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'fansi' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'pkgconfig' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'cli' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'utf8' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'digest' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'glue' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'gtable' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'isoband' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'rlang' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'scales' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'tibble' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'withr' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'generics' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'magrittr' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'R6' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'tidyselect' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'vctrs' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'pillar' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'gtools' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'ellipsis' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'purrr' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'cpp11' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'R.methodsS3' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'R.oo' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'R.utils' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'base64enc' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'ggplot2' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'dplyr' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'tidyr' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'gridExtra' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'Rcpp' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'R.devices' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
The downloaded binary packages are in
	C:\Users\kabua\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpyE8Shu\downloaded_packages
also installing the dependencies 'colorspace', 'farver', 'labeling', 'munsell', 'RColorBrewer', 'viridisLite', 'fansi', 'pkgconfig', 'cli', 'utf8', 'digest', 'glue', 'gtable', 'isoband', 'rlang', 'scales', 'tibble', 'withr', 'generics', 'lifecycle', 'magrittr', 'R6', 'tidyselect', 'vctrs', 'pillar', 'gtools', 'ellipsis', 'purrr', 'cpp11', 'R.methodsS3', 'R.oo', 'R.utils', 'base64enc'
trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/colorspace_2.0-3.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/farver_2.1.1.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/labeling_0.4.2.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/munsell_0.5.0.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/RColorBrewer_1.1-3.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/viridisLite_0.4.1.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/fansi_1.0.3.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/pkgconfig_2.0.3.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/cli_3.3.0.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/utf8_1.2.2.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/digest_0.6.29.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/glue_1.6.2.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/gtable_0.3.1.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/isoband_0.2.5.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/rlang_1.0.5.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/scales_1.2.1.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/tibble_3.1.8.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/withr_2.5.0.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/generics_0.1.3.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/magrittr_2.0.3.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/R6_2.5.1.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/tidyselect_1.1.2.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/vctrs_0.4.1.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/pillar_1.8.1.zip'
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trying URL 'https://waybackassets.bk21.net/20260421113924/https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.2/gtools_3.9.3.zip'
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installing the source packages 'lifecycle', 'gdata'
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* installing *source* package 'lifecycle' ...
** package 'lifecycle' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** using staged installation
** R
** inst
** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
** help
*** installing help indices
*** copying figures
** building package indices
** installing vignettes
** testing if installed package can be loaded from temporary location
** testing if installed package can be loaded from final location
** testing if installed package keeps a record of temporary installation path
* DONE (lifecycle)
* installing *source* package 'gdata' ...
** package 'gdata' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** using staged installation
** R
** data
** inst
** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
** help
*** installing help indices
** building package indices
** installing vignettes
** testing if installed package can be loaded from temporary location
** testing if installed package can be loaded from final location
** testing if installed package keeps a record of temporary installation path
* DONE (gdata)
The downloaded source packages are in
	'C:\Users\kabua\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpyE8Shu\downloaded_packages'
Error in library(ggplot2) : there is no package called 'ggplot2'
Execution halted

[AndreyAkinshin]

Hello @kabua . Do you have this problem only for the first time or do you have it on each run?

[AlexSynakh]

I had the same issue with 0.13.2 BenchmarkDotNet version trying to run generated R code from VSCode
This error was occurring on every run
Switching default R console with Radian and following R editor support installation for Windows guide to configure it in VSCode solved the issue for me

[kabua]

@AndreyAkinshin, sorry for the delay; I only got your inquiry. Answer: Every time.

[AndreyAkinshin]

@kabua could you please go to the R console (just type R in the terminal assuming the R bin folder is in the path; otherwise provide the full path to the R executable) and try to install ggplot2 manually using the following command:

install.packages("ggplot2", repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/")

If it fails, please share the output. If it is succeed, try to run your benchmarks one more time. If the benchmarks still fail, try to go to the BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts folder and run the script manually:

Rscript BuildPlots.R

[schnow265]

I am on linux, experiencing the same issue. It was resolved after manually installing the library.