Thanks everyone! It works now :)
Cheers, a. ONKELINX, Thierry wrote: > > Dear Angela, > > lme() is a part of the nlme package. The lme4 package has the function > lmer() which is the equivalent of lme() from nlme. Both function differ > in their capabilities. Briefly: lmer() can (easly) do crossed random > effects and GLMM, lme() can handle variance and correlation structures. > > HTH, > > Thierry > > PS Don't for get that you need to load a package before using it! Just > installing it is not sufficient. > > library(lme4) > ?lmer > > library(nlme) > ?lme > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > ir. Thierry Onkelinx > Instituut voor natuur- en bosonderzoek / Research Institute for Nature > and Forest > Cel biometrie, methodologie en kwaliteitszorg / Section biometrics, > methodology and quality assurance > Gaverstraat 4 > 9500 Geraardsbergen > Belgium > tel. + 32 54/436 185 > thierry.onkel...@inbo.be > www.inbo.be > > To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more > than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to > say what the experiment died of. > ~ Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher > > The plural of anecdote is not data. > ~ Roger Brinner > > The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not > ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of > data. > ~ John Tukey > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > Namens Angela Radulescu > Verzonden: woensdag 29 juli 2009 1:48 > Aan: r-help@r-project.org > Onderwerp: [R] Installing lme4 package in Windows Vista > > > Hi all, > > I have a problem with package installing in Windows, on my PC machine. > The end goal is to be able to use the lme() function. Here's what I did > so far: > >> install.packages("lme4") > Warning in install.packages("lme4") : > argument 'lib' is missing: using > 'C:\Users\Angela\Documents/R/win-library/2.9' > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- trying URL > 'http://cran.cnr.Berkeley.edu/bin/windows/contrib/2.9/lme4_0.999375-31.z > ip' > Content type 'application/zip' length 1140865 bytes (1.1 Mb) opened URL > downloaded 1.1 Mb > > package 'lme4' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked > > The downloaded packages are in > > C:\Users\Angela\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp1t8vjT\downloaded_packages > updating HTML package descriptions > Warning message: > In file.create(f.tg) : > cannot create file 'C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-29~1.1/doc/html/packages.html', > reason 'Permission denied' > > I had to change permissions on some of the "library" folder before this. > Still, after installation, R cannot find the "lme" function of interest. > > >> lme > Error: object 'lme' not found > > Does anyone know why this is happening, and what the solution to the > problem is? > > Many thanks, > Angela > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Installing-lme4-package-in-Windows-Vista-tp2470993 > 2p24709932.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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. > > Dit bericht en eventuele bijlagen geven enkel de visie van de schrijver > weer > en binden het INBO onder geen enkel beding, zolang dit bericht niet > bevestigd is > door een geldig ondertekend document. The views expressed in this message > and any annex are purely those of the writer and may not be regarded as > stating > an official position of INBO, as long as the message is not confirmed by a > duly > signed document. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Installing-lme4-package-in-Windows-Vista-tp24709932p24723919.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.
