R help - Dec 2008 - lme4 error after Matrix update

Dear all,

after recently updating my R-packages I am unable to work with lme4, 
since it does not load. What I get is this:

Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) :
   function 'cholmod_l_start' not provided by package 'Matrix'
In addition: Warning messages:
1: package 'lme4' was built under R version 2.8.1
2: package 'lattice' was built under R version 2.8.1
Error: package/namespace load failed for 'lme4'

Various trials to remove and reinstall the Matrix and lme4 packages were 
unsuccessful.

I am working on Windows XP, R-version 2.8.0:

 > sessionInfo()
R version 2.8.0 Patched (2008-10-21 r46769)
i386-pc-mingw32

locale:
LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252;LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252;LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
 >

Any help greatly appreciated.

R?diger Pfister

-- 
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Professor of Business Psychology
Leuphana University L?neburg
Wilschenbrucher Weg 84
D-21335 L?neburg, Germany

Dear R?diger,

Try to uninstall AND fysically remove (delete) lme4 and Matrix from the
harddisk. Then installing them again should do this trick. At least it did on my
laptop.

HTH,

Thierry

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Namens Hans-Ruediger Pfister
Verzonden: donderdag 18 december 2008 11:09
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Onderwerp: [R] lme4 error after Matrix update

Dear all,

after recently updating my R-packages I am unable to work with lme4, 
since it does not load. What I get is this:

Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) :
   function 'cholmod_l_start' not provided by package 'Matrix'
In addition: Warning messages:
1: package 'lme4' was built under R version 2.8.1
2: package 'lattice' was built under R version 2.8.1
Error: package/namespace load failed for 'lme4'

Various trials to remove and reinstall the Matrix and lme4 packages were 
unsuccessful.

I am working on Windows XP, R-version 2.8.0:

 > sessionInfo()
R version 2.8.0 Patched (2008-10-21 r46769)
i386-pc-mingw32

locale:
LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252;LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252;LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
 >

Any help greatly appreciated.

R?diger Pfister

-- 
Hans-R?diger Pfister
Professor of Business Psychology
Leuphana University L?neburg
Wilschenbrucher Weg 84
D-21335 L?neburg, Germany

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AFAICS you do not have a current Matrix: please ensure you get 0.999375-17

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Hans-Ruediger Pfister wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> after recently updating my R-packages I am unable to work with lme4, since
it
> does not load. What I get is this:
>
> Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) :
>  function 'cholmod_l_start' not provided by package
'Matrix'
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: package 'lme4' was built under R version 2.8.1
> 2: package 'lattice' was built under R version 2.8.1
> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'lme4'
>
> Various trials to remove and reinstall the Matrix and lme4 packages were 
> unsuccessful.
That's too vague: update.packages() on an up-to-date CRAN site should work 
(and has for me and others).  It would have helped to have told us which 
versions you were trying.
>
> I am working on Windows XP, R-version 2.8.0:
>
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.8.0 Patched (2008-10-21 r46769)
> i386-pc-mingw32
>
> locale:
>
LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252;LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252;LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> R?diger Pfister
>
> -- 
> Hans-R?diger Pfister
> Professor of Business Psychology
> Leuphana University L?neburg
> Wilschenbrucher Weg 84
> D-21335 L?neburg, Germany
>
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> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
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