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library(MASS) in .First() (PR#3085)

2 messages · abroman@jhsph.edu, Brian Ripley

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abroman@jhsph.edu
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Full_Name: Aimee Teo Broman
Version: 1.7.0
OS: Windows XP vers5.1
Submission from: (NULL) (162.129.145.77)



My .First() function contains the command library(MASS) -- when I open R 1.7.0,
I get this error:

Error in get(x, envir, mode, inherits) : variable "biplot" was not found
Error in library(MASS) : package/namespace load failed

If I run library(MASS) outside of the .First() function, it does not produce an
error, and the functions from that library seem to work fine.  I was not getting
this error in 1.6.2.

The .First() function I'm using:

.First <- function(){
  library(foreign)
  library(modreg)
  library(MASS)
}

thanks,
Aimee
Brian Ripley
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This is already solved in R-patched, and has been discussed on R-help 
several times with solutions.

The short answer is: don't do that or use R-patched.
On Fri, 23 May 2003 abroman@jhsph.edu wrote: