Looks like you are not equipped to install source packages, so don't.... Or, possibly, install from source has an unstated dependency on package "stringr" so try install that first.
-pd > On 3 Jun 2019, at 05:38 , Wong David <david-wong...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Madam/ Sir, > > After I tried to update the plm package based on the enclosure [i.e. download > the package.soruces (tar.gz)], I still found the following errors as bold in > black: > > "--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > > There is a binary version available but the source version is later: > binary source needs_compilation > plm 1.6-6 2.0-1 FALSE > > installing the source package ‘plm’ > > trying URL 'https://mirror-hk.koddos.net/CRAN/src/contrib/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz' > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2343782 bytes (2.2 MB) > downloaded 2.2 MB > > * installing *source* package 'plm' ... > ** package 'plm' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > ** R > ** data > ** inst > ** preparing package for lazy loading > Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = > vI[[j]]) : > there is no package called 'stringr' > ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'plm' > * removing 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm' > * restoring previous 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm' > > The downloaded source packages are in > ‘C:\Users\David Wong\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcPaQsM\downloaded_packages’ > Warning messages: > 1: running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l > "C:\Users\David Wong\Documents\R\win-library\3.3" > C:\Users\DAVIDW~1\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpcPaQsM/downloaded_packages/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz' > had status 1 > 2: In install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, type = type) > : > installation of package ‘plm’ had non-zero exit status" > > Please help. > > Thanks and regards, > David Wong from Hong Kong > > ________________________________ > 发件人: Wong David > 发送时间: 2019年5月31日 7:21 > 收件人: r-help-ow...@r-project.org; r-help@r-project.org > 主题: Problem in using 'plm' package after updating R > > Dear Madam/ Sir, > > After I updated the latest packages in R this afternoon, I found that I > cannot use 'plm' package. The error messages are as follows: > > "R version 3.3.3 (2017-03-06) -- "Another Canoe" > Copyright (C) 2017 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit) > > R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. > Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. > > Natural language support but running in an English locale > > R is a collaborative project with many contributors. > Type 'contributors()' for more information and > 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. > > Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' > for an HTML browser interface to help. > Type 'q()' to quit R. > > Warning: namespace ‘plm’ is not available and has been replaced by .GlobalEnv > when processing object ‘inst_f’ > > [Previously saved workspace restored] > >> utils:::menuInstallPkgs() > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > > There is a binary version available but the source version is later: > binary source needs_compilation > plm 1.6-6 2.0-1 FALSE > > installing the source package ‘plm’ > > trying URL 'https://mirror-hk.koddos.net/CRAN/src/contrib/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz' > Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2343782 bytes (2.2 MB) > downloaded 2.2 MB > > * installing *source* package 'plm' ... > ** package 'plm' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > ** R > ** data > ** inst > ** preparing package for lazy loading > Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = > vI[[j]]) : > there is no package called 'stringr' > ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'plm' > * removing 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm' > * restoring previous 'C:/Users/David Wong/Documents/R/win-library/3.3/plm' > > The downloaded source packages are in > ‘C:\Users\David Wong\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpEdDjdI\downloaded_packages’ > Warning messages: > 1: running command '"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-33~1.3/bin/i386/R" CMD INSTALL -l > "C:\Users\David Wong\Documents\R\win-library\3.3" > C:\Users\DAVIDW~1\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpEdDjdI/downloaded_packages/plm_2.0-1.tar.gz' > had status 1 > 2: In install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA, type = type) > : > installation of package ‘plm’ had non-zero exit status >> library(plm) > Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = > vI[[j]]) : > there is no package called ‘stringr’ > Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘plm’ >> help.start() > starting httpd help server ... done > If nothing happens, you should open > ‘http://127.0.0.1:19429/doc/html/index.html’ yourself > > The error messages are highlighted in blue. Please assist. > > Thanks and regards, > David Wong > > <Plm package.pdf>______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.