[R] outdated R and package dependencies; was: R Help

[Uwe Ligges]

Ola Asteman wrote:
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> I got the Warning message below when I tried to load Locfit. What is wrong?


Please read the posting guide which suggests to use a sensible subject line.



> Regards
> Ola Asteman
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It makes sense to upgrade to a recent version of R.



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>> library(foreign)
>> library(mgcv)
> This is mgcv 1.3-19
>> library(locfit)

How was locfit installed?

   install.packages("locfit", dependencies = TRUE)

should also install the package's dependencies - and you have not all 
installed, among them "akima".

Uwe Ligges





> Loading required package: akima
> Error: package 'akima' could not be loaded
> In addition: Warning message:
> there is no package called 'akima' in: library(pkg, character.only = TRUE,
> logical = TRUE, lib.loc = lib.loc)
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