[R] Unable to install ggplot2; using R 3.1.2 and RStudio 0.98.1091 in Linux Mint 17.1

[rewyllys]

My attempts to install and then load ggplot2 have repeatedly failed.  

Here is the pertinent set of commands and responses: 

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install.packages("ggplot2")
Installing package into ‘/home/ron/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.1’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
also installing the dependencies ‘Rcpp’, ‘plyr’, ‘reshape2’, ‘scales’

trying URL 'http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/src/contrib/Rcpp_0.11.3.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-tar' length 2169583 bytes (2.1 Mb)
opened URL
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downloaded 2.1 Mb

trying URL 'http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/src/contrib/plyr_1.8.1.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-tar' length 393233 bytes (384 Kb)
opened URL
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downloaded 384 Kb

trying URL 'http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/src/contrib/reshape2_1.4.1.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-tar' length 34693 bytes (33 Kb)
opened URL
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downloaded 33 Kb

trying URL 'http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/src/contrib/scales_0.2.4.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-tar' length 40093 bytes (39 Kb)
opened URL
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downloaded 39 Kb

trying URL 'http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/src/contrib/ggplot2_1.0.0.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-tar' length 2351447 bytes (2.2 Mb)
opened URL
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downloaded 2.2 Mb

* installing *source* package ‘Rcpp’ ...
** package ‘Rcpp’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** libs
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/     -fpic  -g -O2
-fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g  -c Date.cpp -o Date.o
/bin/bash: g++: command not found
make: *** [Date.o] Error 127
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘Rcpp’
* removing ‘/home/ron/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.1/Rcpp’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘Rcpp’ had non-zero exit status
ERROR: dependency ‘Rcpp’ is not available for package ‘plyr’
* removing ‘/home/ron/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.1/plyr’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘plyr’ had non-zero exit status
ERROR: dependencies ‘plyr’, ‘Rcpp’ are not available for package ‘reshape2’
* removing ‘/home/ron/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.1/reshape2’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘reshape2’ had non-zero exit status
ERROR: dependency ‘plyr’ is not available for package ‘scales’
* removing ‘/home/ron/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.1/scales’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘scales’ had non-zero exit status
ERROR: dependencies ‘plyr’, ‘reshape2’, ‘scales’ are not available for
package ‘ggplot2’
* removing ‘/home/ron/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.1/ggplot2’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘ggplot2’ had non-zero exit status

The downloaded source packages are in
	‘/tmp/Rtmp3phwN2/downloaded_packages’

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I am relatively new to using R, but have had no prior problems in installing
packages.

Any and all suggestions and comments will be much appreciated.




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