[R] lme4 error after Matrix update

[Prof Brian Ripley]

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.
>
> Rüdiger Pfister
>
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