[R] Problem in using 'plm' package after updating R

[peter dalgaard]

Looks like you are not equipped to install source packages, so don't....

Or, possibly, install from source has an unstated dependency on package "stringr" so try install that first.

-pd

> On 3 Jun 2019, at 05:38 , Wong David <david-wong912 using hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Madam/ Sir,
> 
> After I tried to update the plm package based on the enclosure [i.e. download the package.soruces (tar.gz)], I still found the following errors as bold in black:
> 
> "--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> 
>  There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
>    binary source needs_compilation
> plm  1.6-6  2.0-1             FALSE
> 
> installing the source package ‘plm’
> 
> trying URL 'https://mirror-hk.koddos.net/CRAN/src/contrib/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2343782 bytes (2.2 MB)
> downloaded 2.2 MB
> 
> * installing *source* package 'plm' ...
> ** package 'plm' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> ** R
> ** data
> ** inst
> ** preparing package for lazy loading
> Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) :
>  there is no package called 'stringr'
> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'plm'
> * removing 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm'
> * restoring previous 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm'
> 
> The downloaded source packages are in
>        ‘C:\Users\David Wong\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcPaQsM\downloaded_packages’
> Warning messages:
> 1: running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Users\David Wong\Documents\R\win-library\3.3" C:\Users\DAVIDW~1\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcPaQsM/downloaded_packages/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz' had status 1
> 2: In install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, type = type) :
>  installation of package ‘plm’ had non-zero exit status"
> 
> Please help.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> David Wong from Hong Kong
> 
> ________________________________
> 发件人: Wong David
> 发送时间: 2019年5月31日 7:21
> 收件人: r-help-owner using r-project.org; r-help using r-project.org
> 主题: Problem in using 'plm' package after updating R
> 
> Dear Madam/ Sir,
> 
> After I updated the latest packages in R this afternoon, I found that I cannot use 'plm' package. The error messages are as follows:
> 
> "R version 3.3.3 (2017-03-06) -- "Another Canoe"
> Copyright (C) 2017 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
> 
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
> 
>  Natural language support but running in an English locale
> 
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> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
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> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
> 
> Warning: namespace ‘plm’ is not available and has been replaced by .GlobalEnv when processing object ‘inst_f’
> 
> [Previously saved workspace restored]
> 
>> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> 
>  There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
>    binary source needs_compilation
> plm  1.6-6  2.0-1             FALSE
> 
> installing the source package ‘plm’
> 
> trying URL 'https://mirror-hk.koddos.net/CRAN/src/contrib/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2343782 bytes (2.2 MB)
> downloaded 2.2 MB
> 
> * installing *source* package 'plm' ...
> ** package 'plm' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> ** R
> ** data
> ** inst
> ** preparing package for lazy loading
> Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) :
>  there is no package called 'stringr'
> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'plm'
> * removing 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm'
> * restoring previous 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm'
> 
> The downloaded source packages are in
>        ‘C:\Users\David Wong\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpEdDjdI\downloaded_packages’
> Warning messages:
> 1: running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l "C:\Users\David Wong\Documents\R\win-library\3.3" C:\Users\DAVIDW~1\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpEdDjdI/downloaded_packages/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz' had status 1
> 2: In install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, type = type) :
>  installation of package ‘plm’ had non-zero exit status
>> library(plm)
> Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]) :
>  there is no package called ‘stringr’
> Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘plm’
>> help.start()
> starting httpd help server ... done
> If nothing happens, you should open ‘http://127.0.0.1:19429/doc/html/index.html’ yourself
> 
> The error messages are highlighted in blue. Please assist.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> David Wong
> 
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