[R] ggsave in Linux

[Ista Zahn]

See below.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Ryan Garner
<ryan.steven.garner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a script that creates a qplot that is then saved as a .png file which
> works fine on Windows. But I also work on Linux servers via Putty and would
> like to be able to create and save my plots to my working directory. Is
> there a way I can ggsave my qplot without utilizing X11 in Linux? I don't
> need to view the plot in Linux, I just want the plot created and immediately
> saved to my working directory.
>
> I get this error:
> Error in grDevices::png(..., width = width, height = height, res = dpi,  :
>  X11 is not available

You get this error when you do what? I'm guessing you are trying to
display the graphic, which of course won't work without a windowing
system. Try like this:

library(ggplot2)
data(diamonds)
temp <- qplot(cut, color, data=diamonds)
ggsave(temp, file = "test.pdf")


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Ista Zahn
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