Cannot install the bbplot #19

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1. munichrocker commented on Apr 7, 2020

   

   munichrocker

   on Apr 7, 2020

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   The error means that R has trouble connecting to Github when running:

   devtools::install_github('bbc/bbplot')
   

   Some ideas on how to fix that:

   • Make sure you're using the devtools::install_github('bbc/bbplot') function when trying to install bbplot (which is different from Base R's install.packages())
   • Have you successfully installed devtools by running install.packages('devtools')? The stats.ox.ac.uk-url indicates that you are connecting to a local package repository, other than CRAN.
     You might check your CRAN mirror in the RStudio preferences -> Packages. Once you're there anyway, you'd want to tick the "Use secure download method for HTTP"-option.
     You can also try to set a CRAN-mirror manually by running install.packages('devtools', repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org")
   • Are you using a tunneled connection to the internet (e.g. a VPN or a proxy server)? Try disabling it.
2. DAbless04 commented on May 9, 2020

   

   DAbless04

   on May 9, 2020

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   Hi @khalidmeister Were you able to resolve the issue? I am getting the same error and tried what @munichrocker mentioned, but it still doesn't work. Thanks.
3. panurusbiarmicus commented on May 29, 2020

   

   panurusbiarmicus

   on May 29, 2020

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   @DAbless04 Same :( tried everything but can't make it work.
   Have you found a solution since you posted ?
4. hartatsr4 commented on Aug 16, 2020

   

   hartatsr4

   on Aug 16, 2020

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   I am not sure if this will help but played around with a number of variations and here is what finally worked.

   devtools::install_github('bbc/bbplot')
   Each time, running the code results in: "Enter one or more numbers, or an empty line to skip updates:" Selected '3' each time

   Then, sequentially, I installed these packages (again) after running the devtools command above.

   • Rcpp
   • glue
   • digest

   After the 'digest' install step, had to delete this file: ~\Documents\R\win-library\3.6/00LOCK

   Then, sequentially, installed these last packages (again).

   • curl
   • fansi
   • backports

   Installed after that last package reinstall. Can't imagine that is how it should work!