R help - Oct 2003 - Lattice: no grid name space

The following now occurs to me when I try to
load lattice (R 1.7.1, debian stable):
> library(lattice)
Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), keep.source) :
        package `grid' does not have a name space
Error in library(lattice) : package/namespace load failed

I did an update.packages() as root recently.
Any idea what's wrong?
--
Edzer

Edzer J. Pebesma wrote:
> The following now occurs to me when I try to
> load lattice (R 1.7.1, debian stable):
> 
>> library(lattice)
> 
> Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), keep.source) :
>        package `grid' does not have a name space
> Error in library(lattice) : package/namespace load failed
> 
> I did an update.packages() as root recently.
> Any idea what's wrong?
> -- 
> Edzer
Yes. You got a version of lattice that is supposed to work with the grid 
version shipped with R-1.8.0 (and that one has got a namespace).

Uwe Ligges

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Edzer J. Pebesma wrote:
> The following now occurs to me when I try to
> load lattice (R 1.7.1, debian stable):
> 
> > library(lattice)
> Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), keep.source) :
>         package `grid' does not have a name space
> Error in library(lattice) : package/namespace load failed
> 
> I did an update.packages() as root recently.
> Any idea what's wrong?
Yes, the current lattice requires 1.8.0.  Its Depends line is

Depends: R (>= 1.7.0), grid (>= 1.8.0), modreg

but only versions of R are checked by INSTALL (and that should be R 
(>=1.8.0) as grid is no longer available separately from R).

Time to upgrade to R 1.8.0?  If not, you need to find lattice_0.7.x in
CRAN's Archive section.

-- 
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>>>>> "Edzer" == Edzer J Pebesma <e.pebesma at
geog.uu.nl>
>>>>>     on Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:56:57 +0100 writes:
    Edzer> The following now occurs to me when I try to load
    Edzer> lattice (R 1.7.1, debian stable):

    >> library(lattice)
    Edzer> Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths()),
    Edzer> keep.source) : package `grid' does not have a name
    Edzer> space Error in library(lattice) : package/namespace
    Edzer> load failed

    Edzer> I did an update.packages() as root recently.  Any
    Edzer> idea what's wrong?  -- Edzer

I guess you have a too recent version of lattice for your "old"
version of R.