Re: [R] Unable to install ggplot2; using R 3.1.2 and RStudio 0.98.1091 in Linux Mint 17.1

2014-12-26 Thread rewyllys
@Sarah Goslee, Many thanks for your excellent help. It's a measure of my inexperience with R (and with compiling in Linux) that I failed to recognize the significance of the g++ error message, and that I was previously unaware that g++ is a (the?) GNU compiler for C++. After adding g++ to my des

Re: [R] Unable to install ggplot2; using R 3.1.2 and RStudio 0.98.1091 in Linux Mint 17.1

2014-12-23 Thread Sarah Goslee
Hi, It's not an R problem: you don't have the necessary tools installed in linux, specifically g++ You'll need to install the development tools for your version of linux, as it states in the Rcpp FAQ. Google should help you figure out what you need, if you don't already know how to find and inst

[R] Unable to install ggplot2; using R 3.1.2 and RStudio 0.98.1091 in Linux Mint 17.1

2014-12-23 Thread rewyllys
My attempts to install and then load ggplot2 have repeatedly failed. Here is the pertinent set of commands and responses: - install.packages("ggplot2") Installing package into ‘/home/ron/R/x86_64-pc-linux-g