[Rd] Package does not have a NAMESPACE and should be re-installed

Duncan Murdoch murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
Tue May 15 14:23:08 CEST 2012


On 12-05-14 2:37 PM, walcott3 at msu.edu wrote:
> I'm trying to load a package locally from a zip file. When I load the
> package, I first get this, which looks okay:
>
> package ?IBGEPesq? successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>
> HOWEVER, when I try to use the package to use the data with
> library(IBGEPesq)
>
> I get this message:
>
>    package ?IBGEPesq? does not have a NAMESPACE and should be re-installed
>
> I've tried re-installing it, and I've tried following suggestions on
> similar posts, but with no success.

The .zip file was likely produced by an earlier version of R.  It is 
essentially a copy of an installed version of the package.  You need a 
new .zip file, produced by the same version of R as you are using.

Duncan Murdoch



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