Error when running library(ggplot2)

Question

I just updated to R 2.11.1 and after installing ggplot2, I tried

library(ggplot2)

and got

Loading required package: proto
Loading required package: grid Loading
required package: reshape Loading
required package: plyr Loading
required package: digest Error in
eval(expr, envir, enclos) : could not
find function "proto" In addition:
Warning message: In library(package,
lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only =
TRUE, logical.return = TRUE,  :  
there is no package called 'proto'
Error : unable to load R code in
package 'ggplot2' Error:
package/namespace load failed for
'ggplot2'

Any help appreciated.

You are probably missing the `proto` package. Have you tried to install it? — nico, Jun 28 '10 at 16:07
My experience was that library(ggplot2) loaded fine but a call to ggsave() would generate an error about 'digest' as a missing package. The solution below fixed my issue as well. — ripvlan, Feb 10 '16 at 21:42
Related post: [How should I deal with “package 'xxx' is not available (for R version x.y.z)” warning?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25721884) — zx8754, Jul 07 '16 at 07:42

score 78 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '10 at 19:22

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install.packages('ggplot2', dep = TRUE) would do the trick... install proto package

answered Jun 28 '10 at 19:22

aL3xa

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score 22 · Answer 2 · answered May 27 '15 at 08:22

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Open R shell and type following in it

install.packages('ggplot2', dep = TRUE)

then it will ask you to select the mirror, select closest one and it will install it and solve your problem.

answered May 27 '15 at 08:22

Hafiz Muhammad Shafiq

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 26 '16 at 20:52

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Also have had troubles, when installing ggplots2, but here is a curious solution (tested on windows):

I installed via RStudio. Both from Tools->install packages and by typing install.packages("ggplots2", dep=T). It didn't work because it kept not installing the dependencies.
I then installed direct by R gui install.packages("ggplots2", dep=T) and everything went well.

edited Feb 26 '16 at 20:52

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answered Feb 26 '16 at 20:21

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 15 '16 at 10:52

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I had the same problem and this did the trick.

Install the lazyeval package.
Then install ggplot2
Load the ggplot2 library and everything will hopefully work fine.

edited Dec 15 '16 at 10:52

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answered Dec 15 '16 at 08:58

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 09 '21 at 14:29

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Steps 1.Go To -> Tools 2.Click -> Install Packages 3.In Packages Text Box Type ggplot2 Check the checkbox & install dependencies

And your good to go !

answered Jun 09 '21 at 14:29

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Error when running library(ggplot2)

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