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@ghatfan99 I'm not familiar with the "httr" package, but looking up use_proxy(), I gather that the url argument should be your proxy IP (not the "plotly" repo).

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@mkcor thank's for your answer,
Does anyone knows how to install the packages from Github manually, i tried downloading the zip file from https://github.com/ropensci/plotly and after that in my Rstudio i installed the package from zip file, but when i tape :
library(plotly)
Error in library(plotly) : there is no package called ‘plotly’

thanks

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@ghatfan99 How did you install the package from the zip file, please? Can you share the command plus its output, please?

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Hello mkcor,
after you have downloaded the zip file of any package in R to your hard disk, you have two choices to install the package:

1. in console: install.packages("C:/Users/.../plotly_master.zip", repos = NULL)
   here i have no error message:
   "Installing package into ‘C:/Users/.../Documents/R/win-library/3.1’
   (as ‘lib’ is unspecified)"
   now when i do:
   library(plotly_master)
   i have the error: Error in library(plotly_master) :
   there is no package called ‘plotly_master’

Regards

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Okay -- although the zip file you download should be named plotly-master.zip, not plotly_master.zip...

Then you should load "plotly":

library(plotly)

not "plotly_master".

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Hello mkcor
i tried the instructions as you mentioned but still have the same problem:

install.packages("C:/Users/.../Downloads/plotly-master.zip", repos = NULL)
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/.../Documents/R/win-library/3.1’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
library(plotly)
Error in library(plotly) : ‘plotly’ is not a valid installed package
i don't understand where is the problem?

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After running the install.packages() command, can you check that you actually have a plotly directory at C:/Users/.../Documents/R/win-library/3.1/? You should see your other R packages there as well.
Once you have made sure where the plotly package got installed, please load it with

require(plotly, lib.loc="C:/Users/.../Documents/R/win-library/3.1")

where argument lib.loc is the location of R library trees to search through (see official docs).

Let me Cc @msund who may have assisted Windows users with their install issues.

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Closing this since it's not a problem with the R package itself...

Assuming you have the source files locally, you can also install with R CMD INSTALL or devtools::install():

git clone https://github.com/ropensci/plotly.git
Rscript -e "devtools::install('plotly')"

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Hi, have downloaded zip file from this location, https://github.com/ropensci/plotly/releases/tag/0.3
and tried teh above steps.. with type=source.. neither it gave error nor installed..
I am using windows server 2012 and latest R and Rstudio versions

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@vishy730 That version is super outdated... Please refer to https://plot.ly/r/getting-started/ for up-to-date information on how to install and load the "plotly" R package.

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Thanks mkcor, I could solve the issue...

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@vishy730 Great, I'm glad!

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I have the same issue, tried mkcor's suggestions but instead of seeing a plotly directory, i see plotly-master....I get this error message

Loading required package: plotly
Warning message:
In library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE, :
there is no package called ‘plotly’

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@h3ncabo Sorry you're experiencing this problem. Can you provide us with the exact code you used and what type of operation system you're using?

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@13bzhang
I'm using Windows 8.1. I tried installing by install_github("ropensci/plotly")
but did not work since my college uses a proxy and is not inclined to provide me details/access
so I tried local installation
install.packages("C:/Users/.../Downloads/plotly-master.zip", repos = NULL, type="source")
then I got that error above when i called for library(plotly).
I did notice that there is folder named plotly-master in my lib.loc

I also tried require(plotly, lib.loc="C:/Users/.../R/win-library/3.2") still the same error

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Hi! Have you talked to your system administrator about this issue? At my university, sometimes you need permission to install certain things.

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@13bzhang yes. its not possible. any comment on the exact code I use? Is there an alternative?

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