R help - Feb 2009 - loading lme4 fails - "function 'cholmod_l_start' not provided by package 'Matrix'"

Hello UseRs,

I've just tried to load the lme4 package and got the error message,
"function 'cholmod_l_start' not provided by package
'Matrix'".  I downloaded the latest version of lme4 and its
required packages (lattice and Matrix) as suggested in the archives and still
got this message.  The FAQ and archives suggested to check the R version
requirements, but I'm already using the latest available version of R,
2.8.1.  I'm using Windows XP Professional.

Thanks for any help,
Megan Davies

Megan Davies
Policy and Advice Officer, Statistician
Scottish Natural Heritage
01463 725072


 
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Dear Megan,

It looks like you don't have the latest version of the Matrix package.

HTH,

Thierry


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Onderwerp: [R] loading lme4 fails - "function 'cholmod_l_start'
notprovided by package 'Matrix'"

Hello UseRs,

I've just tried to load the lme4 package and got the error message,
"function 'cholmod_l_start' not provided by package
'Matrix'".  I
downloaded the latest version of lme4 and its required packages (lattice
and Matrix) as suggested in the archives and still got this message.
The FAQ and archives suggested to check the R version requirements, but
I'm already using the latest available version of R, 2.8.1.  I'm using
Windows XP Professional.

Thanks for any help,
Megan Davies

Megan Davies
Policy and Advice Officer, Statistician
Scottish Natural Heritage
01463 725072



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Did you update your version of Matrix?  It should be 0.99375-20 (or 
perhaps -18).  E.g. for me
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.8.1 Patched (2009-02-04 r47838)
i386-pc-mingw32

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

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

other attached packages:
[1] lme4_0.999375-28   Matrix_0.999375-20 lattice_0.17-20

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] grid_2.8.1  tools_2.8.1

worked.

R 2.9.0 will check versions when loading a package, but 2.8.1 does 
not.


On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Megan Davies wrote:
> Hello UseRs,
>
> I've just tried to load the lme4 package and got the error message, 
> "function 'cholmod_l_start' not provided by package
'Matrix'".  I
> downloaded the latest version of lme4 and its required packages 
> (lattice and Matrix) as suggested in the archives and still got this 
> message.  The FAQ and archives suggested to check the R version
and also the package version requirements.
> requirements, but I'm already using the latest available version of 
> R, 2.8.1.  I'm using Windows XP Professional.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Megan Davies
>
> Megan Davies
> Policy and Advice Officer, Statistician
> Scottish Natural Heritage
> 01463 725072
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