loading lme4 fails - "function 'cholmod_l_start' not providedby package 'Matrix'"
Thanks Prof, As you can see from my session information (below), I appear to be using the same version of Matrix as yourself. However, I also notice that you're using a patched version of 2.8.1 whereas I'm not. Could this be the difference? sessionInfo() R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) i386-pc-mingw32 locale: LC_COLLATE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United Kingdom.1252 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base other attached packages: [1] Matrix_0.999375-20 lattice_0.17-20 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] grid_2.8.1 tools_2.8.1 Megan Megan Davies Policy and Advice Officer, Statistician Scottish Natural Heritage 01463 725072
Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> 04-02-2009 11:13 >>>
Did you update your version of Matrix? It should be 0.99375-20 (or perhaps -18). E.g. for me
sessionInfo()
R version 2.8.1 Patched (2009-02-04 r47838) i386-pc-mingw32 locale: LC_COLLATE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United Kingdom.1252 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base other attached packages: [1] lme4_0.999375-28 Matrix_0.999375-20 lattice_0.17-20 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] grid_2.8.1 tools_2.8.1 worked. R 2.9.0 will check versions when loading a package, but 2.8.1 does not.
On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Megan Davies wrote:
Hello UseRs, I've just tried to load the lme4 package and got the error message, "function 'cholmod_l_start' not provided by package 'Matrix'". I downloaded the latest version of lme4 and its required packages (lattice and Matrix) as suggested in the archives and still got this message. The FAQ and archives suggested to check the R version
and also the package version requirements.
requirements, but I'm already using the latest available version of R, 2.8.1. I'm using Windows XP Professional.
Thanks for any help, Megan Davies Megan Davies Policy and Advice Officer, Statistician Scottish Natural Heritage 01463 725072
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