[R] How to remove a package.

[David Winsemius]

On Nov 28, 2010, at 7:16 AM, Stephen Liu wrote:

> Hi Stefan,
>
> Tks for your advice.

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> Installation went through w/o problem.
>
>> library(Ecdat)
>> data()
>
> Data sets in package ‘datasets’  NOT 'Ecdat'
>
>> ??Ecdat
> ...
> Ecdat::Caschool         The California Test Score Data Set
> Ecdat::Griliches        Wage Datas
> Ecdat::MCAS             The Massashusets Test Score Data Set
> Ecdat::MunExp           Municipal Expenditure Data
> Ecdat::Orange           The Orange Juice Data Set
> Ecdat::Solow            Solow's Technological Change Data
> Ecdat::TranspEq         Statewide Data on Transportation Equipment
>                        Manufacturing
> ....
>
>
> Those files are in Ecdat packages.
>
>> Caschool
> Error: object 'Caschool' not found
>
>> MCAS
> Error: object 'MCAS' not found

Because loading the package does not necessarily register the datasets:

 > require(Ecdat)
Loading required package: Ecdat
 > data()  #------> produces a large list including
Car                              Stated Preferences for Car Choice
Caschool                         The California Test Score Data Set
Catsup                           Choice of Brand for Catsup
Cigar                            Cigarette Consumption
 > str(Caschool)
Error in str(Caschool) : object 'Caschool' not found

 > data(Car)
 > str(Car)
'data.frame':	4654 obs. of  70 variables:
  $ choice    : Factor w/ 6 levels "choice1","choice2",..: 1 2 5 5 5 5  
2 5 5 2 ...
  $ college   : num  0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 ...
  $ hsg2      : num  0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 ...

Note that this dataset was NEVER  spelled "car".

-- 
David.
> ________________________________
> From: Stefan Grosse <singularitaet at gmx.net>
>
> Sent: Sun, November 28, 2010 7:23:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [R] How to remove a package.
>
> Am 27.11.2010 09:48, schrieb Stephen Liu:
>
>> I found the datasets of AER
>
> cool.
>
>> detach("package:AER", unload = TRUE)
>
> detach(package:AER) works for me.
>
>> data()
>> still found "car" there.
>
> you mean "cars" ? This is not part of AER but in a base R  
> installation.
>
>>> install.packages("EcDat")
>
>> Where can I download/install EcDat?  TIA
>
> It is case sensitive, try install.packages("Ecdat") it works for me...
>
> Maybe you should try a little bit more...
>
> hth
> Stefan
>
>
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT