[R] Resolution of problem re location polr and of MASS

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Flom <flom at ndri.org>
>>>>>     on Thu, 04 Mar 2004 08:24:26 -0500 writes:

    Peter> First, my apologies for not giving all the details in my first post.  
    Peter> Second, the problem was somewhat more complicated than simply using
    Peter> help.search('polr') or library(MASS).  When I tried these, I got
    Peter> notices that polr could not be found anywhere, and that no package
    Peter> called MASS existed.  When I went to the  CRAN site, there was no
    Peter> package called MASS.  I am not sure how I installed R 1.8.1 on a Windows
    Peter> machine without installing MASS and without getting any errors, but I
    Peter> did.

In that case, I'd definitely recommend to wipe your R version
and reinstall R 1.8.1.   When MASS has been missing who knows
what else is wrong with your R installation....

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