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how can I use lmer on a windows machine?

2 messages · Feldman, Tracy, Brian Ripley

Feldman, Tracy
# 
To whom it may concern:

I am using R version 1.9.1 beta on a windows machine, and I am trying to
use a function called lmer (in packages lme4 and Matrix).  I am not sure
if this version will support these packages (when I install them from
the GUI, the function lmer does not work).  I wondered if I need to
install a newer version of R, and if so, which version should I install,
and how should I do that?
 
Thank you so much for your time and help.  Please send replies to
tsfeldman at noble.org

Take care,
Tracy S. Feldman

Postdoc
Noble Foundation
Brian Ripley
# 
Well, as you are using a beta version of a version of R released in June 
2004, you certainly should upgrade. (Indeed the R posting guide asked you 
to do so before posting the first time.)

You should probably install R-patched from

http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rpatched.html

or your nearest CRAN mirror (we have no idea where you are).  You install 
that the same way you installed the current version: double clicking on 
the installer .exe should be all that is needed.
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Feldman, Tracy wrote: