My guess is that you have not configured you new installation to see
(and update) your collection of packages. As a quick fix, what happens
when you go to your favorite CRAN mirror and install a new copy of
locfit? My version is 1.5-4 and runs with recent versions of R.
--
David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Labs
On Oct 31, 2008, at 7:21 AM, Stuart Barker (Prof) wrote:
>
> I have been using some old R scripts that were prepared for me using
> R Version 1.9.0. In these, there is a call to
> library(locfit)
> and with this version of R, I have no problem.
>
> But needing to upgrade to the latest version of R, I find these
> scripts no longer work, and with
> help(locfit)
> I get
> Error in help(locfit): Object locfit not found
>
> So my question is -
> what is available that has replaced locfit, and that will do the
> same thing as locfit, but with the latest R version?
>
> You will realise from this that I have no expertise in using R or in
> writing R scripts, and will greatly appreciate any advice.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Stuart Barker
>
>
>
>
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