[R-sig-Debian] R-3.4.0 and recommended packages

[Göran Broström]

On 2017-04-25 16:11, Johannes Ranke wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 25. April 2017, 08:50:34 schrieb Dirk Eddelbuettel:
>> On 25 April 2017 at 14:58, Göran Broström wrote:
>> | hello,
>> |
>> | I just installed R-3.4.0 from scratch:
>> |
>> | $ sudo apt install r-base
>> |
>> | but when I try
>> |
>> |  > library(survival, lib.loc = "/usr/lib/R/library")
>> |  > fit <- coxph(Surv(exit, event) ~ x, data = mort)
>> |
>> | I get
>> |
>> | Error in fitter(X, Y, strats, offset, init, control, weights = weights,  :
>> |    object 'Ccoxmart' not found
>
> This looks similar to what I got this morning when I tested my (unreleased)
> backport of R 3.4.0 to Debian jessie. My test was
>
> library(MASS)
> example(rlm)
>
> and there was an object that was not found. I am on a train on the way to a
> meeting right now, so I can not look into it at the moment. Maybe a side effect
> of the new registration requirements for compiled objects?

Right, you need to run

 > update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE)

to fix it.

Best, Göran

>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Johannes
>