[R] loading lme4 fails - "function 'cholmod_l_start' not providedbypackage 'Matrix'"

[Megan Davies]

Thanks again Prof,

I downloaded the latest lme4 today.  In the description file, it says, "Version: 0.999375-28".  I've just checked this against the version available on CRAN and its the same.

Megan

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

>>> Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> 04-02-2009 11:42 >>>
On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Megan Davies wrote:

> Thanks Prof,
>
> As you can see from my session information (below), I appear to be 
> using the same version of Matrix as yourself.  However, I also 
> notice that you're using a patched version of 2.8.1 whereas I'm not. 
> Could this be the difference?

It should not, and I just checked the original 2.8.1 to be sure.

>
> sessionInfo()
>
> R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22)
> 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] Matrix_0.999375-20 lattice_0.17-20

But we don't have the lme4 version, so please re-check that.

>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] grid_2.8.1  tools_2.8.1
>
> Megan
>
> Megan Davies
> Policy and Advice Officer, Statistician
> Scottish Natural Heritage
> 01463 725072
>
>>>> Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> 04-02-2009 11:13 >>>
> 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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