Thank you both.
1. It looks like part of the problem is indeed that the packages in the
patched version for Windows aren't coordinated with the libraries.
rw1090
library(MASS) ## works
rw1090pat
library(MASS) ## doesn't work
library(MASS, lib.loc="c:/progra~1/R/rw1090/library") ## works
2. This doesn't explain why the freshly downloaded Hmisc and multcomp
packages didn't load. I now think that is due to a documentation
problem. I am using Windows. All the documentation for installing
packages is Unix-centric. Your emails were also Unix-centric.
After wandering through documentation I initially unzipped the
downloaded files, for example,
Windows binary: Hmisc_2.0-9.zip
into the rw1090pat/library. This unpacked correctly but did not load.
After your emails, I tried Rgui and found the "Packages/Install
package(s) from local zip files..." menu item. I did this and now it
works. The unzipped files in library/Hmisc/* are identical when I did
a manual unzip and when I did the menu installation.
Suggestion: please add a paragraph to the top of the Contributed Packages
page that says, "Windows users---including ESS Windows users---should install
the downloaded zip file with the Packages menu item from Rgui".
3. Martin's comment
> Are you running another version of R simultaneously?
> IIRC, Windoze has the nice feature to sometimes lock files when
> it shouldn't.
isn't the problem. I have two Rgui and one iESS [R] running and all three
have loaded the Hmisc and multcomp packages.
Rich
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