installing ggplot2 package on ubuntu

Question

I\'m on ubuntu precise pangolin running inside a VM, using R 3.1 and Rstudio 0.98.507 and I\'m unable to install ggplot2

Here is the output :

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Answer 1

If you dont have a swap file enabled and run out of ram the OOM (out of memory) killer will normally terminate the offending process. This exhibits itself in the manner described in the OP's question when attempting to install packages. To fix this a swap file should be enabled.

$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=512k

$ mkswap /swapfile
$ swapon /swapfile

You can change attributes for the swap file like swappiness see an example here.