This is already solved in R-patched, and has been discussed on R-help
several times with solutions.
The short answer is: don't do that or use R-patched.
On Fri, 23 May 2003 abroman@jhsph.edu wrote:
> Full_Name: Aimee Teo Broman
> Version: 1.7.0
> OS: Windows XP vers5.1
> Submission from: (NULL) (162.129.145.77)
>
>
>
> My .First() function contains the command library(MASS) -- when I open R
1.7.0,
> I get this error:
>
> Error in get(x, envir, mode, inherits) : variable "biplot" was
not found
> Error in library(MASS) : package/namespace load failed
>
> If I run library(MASS) outside of the .First() function, it does not
produce an
> error, and the functions from that library seem to work fine. I was not
getting
> this error in 1.6.2.
>
> The .First() function I'm using:
>
> .First <- function(){
> library(foreign)
> library(modreg)
> library(MASS)
> }
>
> thanks,
> Aimee
>
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