# Orca alternative for exporting static images

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/orca-alternative-for-exporting-static-images/46359>\
**Category:** Plotly R\
**Created:** [October 22, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/orca-alternative-for-exporting-static-images/46359 "2020-10-22T14:10:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![rivera10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@rivera10](https://community.plotly.com/u/rivera10)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/orca-alternative-for-exporting-static-images/46359/1 "2020-10-22T14:10:50Z")

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Hello,

I am creating plots using a Rmarkdown file on a remote server (my university’s computing center). I am having problems when trying to export static images using `orca`. I followed the installation instructions but because of permissions, I cannot install some of the libraries needed by `orca` (e.g. libgtk2.0-0 and libgconf-2-4). Is there a workaround or another tool to create static images besides `orca`?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ismirsehregal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/ismirsehregal/32/6794_2.png) [@ismirsehregal](https://community.plotly.com/u/ismirsehregal)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/orca-alternative-for-exporting-static-images/46359/2 "2020-10-23T07:08:16Z")

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Not yet it seems:

> <https://github.com/ropensci/plotly/issues/1823>
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> The python version of plotly seems to switch to kaleidos (https://community.plotly.com/t/announcing-plotly-py-4-9-kaleido-for-static-image-export-hexbin-tile-maps-and-timelines/42524) for static exports. This seems to have many advantages. Will...