R studio trying to start plm

[william101]

I am trying to start plm but it wont complete it

install.packages("plm")
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/Bryce Lupo/Documents/R/win-library/3.5’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.5/plm_1.7-0.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 2234239 bytes (2.1 MB)
downloaded 2.1 MB

package ‘plm’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

The downloaded binary packages are in
C:\Users\Bryce Lupo\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpicBYX8\downloaded_packages

library(plm)
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘plm’ in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[j]]):
there is no package called ‘miscTools’

please help me understand what is incorrect.

[andresrcs]

@william101

there is no package called ‘miscTools’

You are missing this dependency, try installing it

install.packages("miscTools")

[william101]

library(plm)
Loading required package: Formula

I believe that means it is installed?

am i correct? I am new to R studio

[william101]

install.packages("plm")
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/Bryce Lupo/Documents/R/win-library/3.5’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/3.5/plm_1.7-0.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 2234239 bytes (2.1 MB)
downloaded 2.1 MB

package ‘plm’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

The downloaded binary packages are in
	C:\Users\Bryce Lupo\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpA5unlN\downloaded_packages
library(plm)
Loading required package: Formula

this is the entire code

[andresrcs]

I don't understand your question, but it seems like you already have correctly installed the plm package.

[william101]

yeah thank you very much! i have another question.

I am typing exactly like the assignment is telling me to. The data i am using has a variable named Country. I am confused why it would say that it does not exist?

attach(HaircutNEW1)
data <- pdata.frame(HaircutNEW1,index = "country",drop.index =FALSE, row.names=FALSE )
Error in pdata.frame(HaircutNEW1, index = "country", drop.index = FALSE, :
variable country does not exist (individual index)

[andresrcs]

It's hard to know since I don't have access to "HaircutNEW" dataset, could you ask this with a minimal REPRoducible EXample (reprex)? A reprex makes it much easier for others to understand your issue and figure out how to help.

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