Error in library(MASS) : package/namespace load failed
On Mon, 5 May 2003, Tord Snall wrote:
I have installed 1.7.0 on my Win XP and want to use MASS. But I get this error message:
library(MASS)
Error in namespaceExport(ns, exports) : undefined exports: abbey, accdeaths, Aids2, Animals, anorexia, austres, bacteria, beav1, beav2, biopsy, birthwt, ... Error in library(MASS) : package/namespace load failed I therefore again downloaded VR.zip. When I extracted the files I always
^^^^^ Had you done that before? You didn't say so, but that would explain the symptoms.
answered yes to the question of "Would you like to replace the existing file?"
*No* VR.zip is available for use with R 1.7.0: did you read the ReadMe in wherever you downloaded it from: it probably said `for rw1060/1/2 only'?
I also "Skip File" MASS.dll because password is needed....? I've never had this probelm with previous R versions and there is no problem with other libraries. What have I done wrong?
Most recently, installed a version of R 1.6.x on top of one for 1.7.0. I suspect you've never done that before. All I can suggest is that uninstall rw1070, remove all traces of the damage you have done, and try re-installing.
Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595