MRAN R Server ggmap和ggplot2依赖版本2.2.0

Question

I am using R Server in SQL Server, and I am trying to use the package ggmap and the register_google command. However, the latest version of ggmap is not on CRAN yet. When I try to use devtools , it fails because ggplot2 2.2.0 is required. When I try to update ggplot2 , R Server just keeps installing 1.0.1

My Microsoft R Open version is 8.0.3 from 9-7-2016. How do I go about getting hooked up to the latest MRAN and getting ggplot2 2.2.0?

Answer 1

Just change the repo you download from:

# will redirect to your nearest CRAN mirror
install.packages("ggplot2", repos="https://cloud.r-project.org")

I believe your version numbers are R 3.3.1, and RevoScaleR 8.0.3. Both are fairly old now. The latest is R 3.4.1 and RevoScaleR 9.1.

Check out the documentation for more methods here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/advanced-analytics/r/install-additional-r-packages-on-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017

Answer 2

It seems that the solution was to update R altogether.

This link talks about the installr package:

https://www.r-statistics.com/2015/06/a-step-by-step-screenshots-tutorial-for-upgrading-r-on-windows/

To access the Rgui.exe , it should be in your Program Files folder...

R_Services -> bin -> x64

Run the GUI as admin, then:

install.packages("installr")
library(installr)

Now the console will have a new menu dropdown for installr

EDIT: This did not quite work. Still working on it.