R help - Mar 2004 - Resolution of problem re location polr and of MASS

First, my apologies for not giving all the details in my first post.  

Second, the problem was somewhat more complicated than simply using
help.search('polr') or library(MASS).  When I tried these, I got
notices that polr could not be found anywhere, and that no package
called MASS existed.  When I went to the  CRAN site, there was no
package called MASS.  I am not sure how I installed R 1.8.1 on a Windows
machine without installing MASS and without getting any errors, but I
did.

Third, thanks to all who replied, and especially to Andy Jaworski who
showed me how to solve the problem, namely to get the package VR from
CRAN and then type library(MASS).  

Thanks again, 

Peter

Peter L. Flom, PhD
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>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Flom <flom at ndri.org>
>>>>>     on Thu, 04 Mar 2004 08:24:26 -0500 writes:
    Peter> First, my apologies for not giving all the details in my first
post.
    Peter> Second, the problem was somewhat more complicated than simply
using
    Peter> help.search('polr') or library(MASS).  When I tried these,
I got
    Peter> notices that polr could not be found anywhere, and that no package
    Peter> called MASS existed.  When I went to the  CRAN site, there was no
    Peter> package called MASS.  I am not sure how I installed R 1.8.1 on a
Windows
    Peter> machine without installing MASS and without getting any errors,
but I
    Peter> did.

In that case, I'd definitely recommend to wipe your R version
and reinstall R 1.8.1.   When MASS has been missing who knows
what else is wrong with your R installation....

Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>
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