R help - Mar 2005 - Problem loading library Design

I have used library Design (Frank Harrell) in the 
past but when I tried this week, I get :
 > library(Design)
Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : Object 
"formula.default" not found

I updated to the latest version of the library 
(2.0) with the same result. My version of R may 
not be the latest but it's recent (and I probably 
changed since using Design for the last time) :

 > version
          _
platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
arch     i686
os       linux-gnu
system   i686, linux-gnu
status
major    1
minor    9.1
year     2004
month    06
day      21
language R

Could anyone please point me in the right 
direction to solve my problem? Thank you in advance,
Emmanuelle

Emmanuelle Comets wrote:
> I have used library Design (Frank Harrell) in the past but when I tried 
Do you mean *package* Design?

> this week, I get :
>  > library(Design)
> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : Object "formula.default" not
found
> 
> I updated to the latest version of the library (2.0) with the same 
The latest version of package Design on CRAN is not 2.0 but 2.0-9.

> result. My version of R may not be the latest but it's recent (and I 
R-1.9.1 is not that recent, we have R-2.0.1 (second release since 
R-1.9.1, first (!) number changed in the meantime) these days, and 
R-2.1.0 already is in alpha testing.

I'd recommend to upgrade and try again (it works with recent version of 
R and Design).

Uwe Ligges


> probably changed since using Design for the last time) :
> 
>  > version
>          _
> platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
> arch     i686
> os       linux-gnu
> system   i686, linux-gnu
> status
> major    1
> minor    9.1
> year     2004
> month    06
> day      21
> language R
> 
> Could anyone please point me in the right direction to solve my problem? 
> Thank you in advance,
> Emmanuelle
> 
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Emmanuelle Comets wrote:
> I have used library Design (Frank Harrell) in the past but when I tried 
> this week, I get :
>  > library(Design)
> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : Object "formula.default" not
found
> 
> I updated to the latest version of the library (2.0) with the same 
> result. My version of R may not be the latest but it's recent (and I 
> probably changed since using Design for the last time) :
> 
>  > version
>          _
> platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
> arch     i686
> os       linux-gnu
> system   i686, linux-gnu
> status
> major    1
> minor    9.1
> year     2004
> month    06
> day      21
> language R
I just tried this in
 > version
          _
platform i386-pc-linux-gnu
arch     i386
os       linux-gnu
system   i386, linux-gnu
status
major    2
minor    0.1
year     2004
month    11
day      15
language R

where it works. Your R is pretty old and there were many changes in 
moving to 2.0 (including the namespaces, which may be the reason you are
getting that particular error).

Upgrading R would appear to be the solution.

Regards,

markus
> 
> Could anyone please point me in the right direction to solve my problem? 
> Thank you in advance,
> Emmanuelle
> 
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