[R] Problem in using 'plm' package after updating R

peter dalgaard pd@|gd @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Tue Jun 4 14:47:12 CEST 2019


Looks like you are not equipped to install source packages, so don't....

Or, possibly, install from source has an unstated dependency on package "stringr" so try install that first.

-pd

> On 3 Jun 2019, at 05:38 , Wong David <david-wong912 using hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Madam/ Sir,
> 
> After I tried to update the plm package based on the enclosure [i.e. download the package.soruces (tar.gz)], I still found the following errors as bold in black:
> 
> "--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> 
>  There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
>    binary source needs_compilation
> plm  1.6-6  2.0-1             FALSE
> 
> installing the source package ‘plm’
> 
> trying URL 'https://mirror-hk.koddos.net/CRAN/src/contrib/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2343782 bytes (2.2 MB)
> downloaded 2.2 MB
> 
> * installing *source* package 'plm' ...
> ** package 'plm' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> ** R
> ** data
> ** inst
> ** preparing package for lazy loading
> Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) :
>  there is no package called 'stringr'
> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'plm'
> * removing 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm'
> * restoring previous 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm'
> 
> The downloaded source packages are in
>        ‘C:\Users\David Wong\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcPaQsM\downloaded_packages’
> Warning messages:
> 1: running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Users\David Wong\Documents\R\win-library\3.3" C:\Users\DAVIDW~1\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcPaQsM/downloaded_packages/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz' had status 1
> 2: In install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, type = type) :
>  installation of package ‘plm’ had non-zero exit status"
> 
> Please help.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> David Wong from Hong Kong
> 
> ________________________________
> 发件人: Wong David
> 发送时间: 2019年5月31日 7:21
> 收件人: r-help-owner using r-project.org; r-help using r-project.org
> 主题: Problem in using 'plm' package after updating R
> 
> Dear Madam/ Sir,
> 
> After I updated the latest packages in R this afternoon, I found that I cannot use 'plm' package. The error messages are as follows:
> 
> "R version 3.3.3 (2017-03-06) -- "Another Canoe"
> Copyright (C) 2017 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
> 
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> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
> 
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> 
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> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
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> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
> 
> Warning: namespace ‘plm’ is not available and has been replaced by .GlobalEnv when processing object ‘inst_f’
> 
> [Previously saved workspace restored]
> 
>> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> 
>  There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
>    binary source needs_compilation
> plm  1.6-6  2.0-1             FALSE
> 
> installing the source package ‘plm’
> 
> trying URL 'https://mirror-hk.koddos.net/CRAN/src/contrib/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2343782 bytes (2.2 MB)
> downloaded 2.2 MB
> 
> * installing *source* package 'plm' ...
> ** package 'plm' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> ** R
> ** data
> ** inst
> ** preparing package for lazy loading
> Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) :
>  there is no package called 'stringr'
> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'plm'
> * removing 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm'
> * restoring previous 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm'
> 
> The downloaded source packages are in
>        ‘C:\Users\David Wong\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpEdDjdI\downloaded_packages’
> Warning messages:
> 1: running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Users\David Wong\Documents\R\win-library\3.3" C:\Users\DAVIDW~1\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpEdDjdI/downloaded_packages/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz' had status 1
> 2: In install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, type = type) :
>  installation of package ‘plm’ had non-zero exit status
>> library(plm)
> Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) :
>  there is no package called ‘stringr’
> Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘plm’
>> help.start()
> starting httpd help server ... done
> If nothing happens, you should open ‘http://127.0.0.1:19429/doc/html/index.html’ yourself
> 
> The error messages are highlighted in blue. Please assist.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> David Wong
> 
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