failed to load MASS at start up - R-help

Wed, Apr 16, 2003 1:39 PM #

Just installed R-1.7.0 (with recommended libraries) on RedHat 8.0.  
At R console, I can do

just fine.  However, if I put a line 'library(MASS)' into ~/.Rprofile, it
fails to load,

R : Copyright 2003, The R Development Core Team
Version 1.7.0  (2003-04-16)
....
Type `q()' to quit R.

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

What's happening?  I also tried to load 'lattice' (which I assume is where
biplot is defined) before 'MASS', but got the same error.

Michael

Douglas Bates

Wed, Apr 16, 2003 2:02 PM #

Michael Na Li <lina at u.washington.edu> writes:

biplot is in mva

Help files with alias or title matching 'biplot' using fuzzy matching:

corresp(MASS)           Simple Correspondence Analysis
Rows(lattice)           Miscellaneous Functions used within Lattice
panel.bwplot(lattice)   Default Panel Function for bwplot
barchart(lattice)       Common Bivariate Trellis Plots
biplot(mva)             Biplot of Multivariate Data
biplot.princomp(mva)    Biplot for Principal Components

By default mva is loaded but perhaps that does not occur until after
~/.Rprofile is executed.

Michael Na Li

Wed, Apr 16, 2003 2:22 PM #

On 16 Apr 2003, Douglas Bates outgrape:

Yes, load mva before MASS (in ~/.Rprofile) solved the problem.

Thanks.

Michael