[R] Installing the Rstem package

Rolf Turner r.turner at auckland.ac.nz
Thu Mar 5 23:23:33 CET 2009


On 6/03/2009, at 10:29 AM, Maria I. Tchalakova wrote:

> Hello,
>
> thanks a lot for the replies. I've installed the binary for R-2.8.x
> available at:
> http://www.statistik.uni-dortmund.de/~ligges/Rstem_0.3-1.zip
>
> However, when I try using some of the functions, such as
> getStemLanguages() or wordStem(), I get:
>
>> getStemLanguages()
> Error: could not find function "getStemLanguages"
>
> or
>
>> words = c("sing", "singing", "singer")
>> wordStem(words, language = "english")
> Error: could not find function "wordStem"
>
> Why do I get this? Haven't I installed the package correctly? I've
> done this using the R Gui: "Packages" --> "Install package(s) from
> local zip files ...", have chosen the .zip file, which I've downloaded
> from the URL you sent me, and I got:
>
>> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
> package 'Rstem' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> updating HTML package descriptions
>
> Do I need to do something else? I receive the same results after
> installing (in this way) the the binary for R-2.7.x.

It sounds to me like you haven't ***loaded*** the package.

See ?library.

	cheers,

		Rolf Turner

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