[R] Installing lme4 package in Windows Vista

[Ronggui Huang]

After installation of lme4, you need to load it before use it.
>library(lme4)
>?lmer

2009/7/29 Angela Radulescu <angela.radulescu at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem with package installing in Windows, on my PC machine. The
> end goal is to be able to use the lme() function. Here's what I did so far:
>
>> install.packages("lme4")
> Warning in install.packages("lme4") :
>  argument 'lib' is missing: using
> 'C:\Users\Angela\Documents/R/win-library/2.9'
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> trying URL
> 'http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/2.9/lme4_0.999375-31.zip'
> Content type 'application/zip' length 1140865 bytes (1.1 Mb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 1.1 Mb
>
> package 'lme4' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>
> The downloaded packages are in
>        C:\Users\Angela\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp1t8vjT\downloaded_packages
> updating HTML package descriptions
> Warning message:
> In file.create(f.tg) :
>  cannot create file 'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-29~1.1/doc/html/packages.html', reason
> 'Permission denied'
>
> I had to change permissions on some of the "library" folder before this.
> Still, after installation, R cannot find the "lme" function of interest.
>
>> lme
> Error: object 'lme' not found
>
> Does anyone know why this is happening, and what the solution to the problem
> is?
>
> Many thanks,
> Angela
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HUANG Ronggui, Wincent
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Dept of Public and Social Administration
City University of Hong Kong
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