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Re: S-PLUS 6.1 for Windows startup question

To: Duncan Murdoch <dmurdoch@pair.com>
Subject: Re: S-PLUS 6.1 for Windows startup question
From: Prof Brian Ripley <ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 21:36:39 +0100 (BST)
Cc: s-news@lists.biostat.wustl.edu
In-reply-to: <oonthvcg7pbpe80k5kghcgsktl66bhrshh@4ax.com>
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

> I've just installed S-PLUS for Windows version 6.1, academic site
> license version, release 3.  I chose not to install all the available
> chapters. 
> 
> It appears it's still looking for at least one of the uninstalled
> chapters, because when I start it,
> 
> 1.  A dialog box pops up, with caption "Enter input".
> 2.  If I just click OK, the GUI starts up, but in the console I see
> the error messages:
> 
> Problem in library(nlme3): No section "nlme3" in the library
> directory:
>       F:/PROGRAM FILES/INSIGHTFUL/splus61\library
> Debug ?  ( y|n ): Error during initialization (file "F:/PROGRAM
> FILES/I
> NSIGHTFUL/splus61/S.init")
> 
> When I look in that S.init file, I don't see nlme3 mentioned anywhere.

It's called in the first line of .First.Sys.

> How do I tell S-PLUS that I didn't install nlme3, so it shouldn't try
> to open it upon startup?

Yes, but as it doesn't I suggest you do reinstall it with all the standard 
library sections (you don't need nlme2).  I *think* you can comment it out 
in .First.Sys and save that in a suitable place (if it is not read-only).

Brian

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