[R] MASS package and lda

[Sean Davis]

Thanks.  That was, of course, the issue.  As you point out, obtaining
recommended packages is recommended.

Sean

----- Original Message -----
From: "Prof Brian Ripley" <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
To: "Sean Davis" <sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov>
Cc: "R-Help" <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: [R] MASS package and lda


> On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Sean Davis wrote:
>
> > I'm sorry if I am missing something, but I am looking for the lda
> > function and can't find it (used to be in MASS).  I know there is
> > reorganization going on for R-1.9 and expected to find lda in stats, but
> > I didn't.  Do I need to go back to R-1.8.1 or is there an lda function
> > lurking that I haven't found yet for R-1.9.0?  In any case, are there
> > other significant functions that currently are not included in R-devel
> > (R-1.9.0) of which us users should be aware?
>
> There is no 1.9.0 as yet., but what reorganization there is *is* described
> in the NEWS file of R-devel.
>
> lda is still in Venables and Ripley's MASS.  Perhaps you forgot to rsync
> up the recommended packages?  (Run tools/rsync-recommended in the
> top level of the sources before running configure.)
>
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