On 4 Nov 2020, at 19:34, Aaron Wells &lt;aaron.wells(a)pophealthcare.com&gt; wrote: Interesting. For me, the install bombed with the lattice package (error highlighted below): WARNING: Rtools is required to build R packages, but is not currently installed. Please download and install Rtools 4.0 from https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/ <https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/>. Downloading GitHub repo IQSS/cem@HEAD Installing 4 packages: Matching, randomForest, combinat, MatchIt Installing packages into ‘C:/Users/awells/OneDrive - PopHealthCare/Documents/R/win-library/4.0’ (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/Matching_4.9-7.zip <https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/Matching_4.9-7.zip>' Content type 'application/zip' length 1237996 bytes (1.2 MB) downloaded 1.2 MB trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/randomForest_4.6-14.zip <https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/randomForest_4.6-14.zip>' Content type 'application/zip' length 249367 bytes (243 KB) downloaded 243 KB trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/combinat_0.0-8.zip <https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/combinat_0.0-8.zip>' Content type 'application/zip' length 42708 bytes (41 KB) downloaded 41 KB trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/MatchIt_3.0.2.zip <https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/contrib/4.0/MatchIt_3.0.2.zip>' Content type 'application/zip' length 451985 bytes (441 KB) downloaded 441 KB package ‘Matching’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package ‘randomForest’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package ‘combinat’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked package ‘MatchIt’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked The downloaded binary packages are in C:\Users\awells\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpWOLJ6z\downloaded_packages WARNING: Rtools is required to build R packages, but is not currently installed. Please download and install Rtools 4.0 from https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/ <https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/>. √ checking for file 'C:\Users\awells\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpWOLJ6z\remotes5b9c409c5acb\IQSS-cem-de93f7e/DESCRIPTION' (436ms) - preparing 'cem': √ checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... - checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts - checking for empty or unneeded directories - looking to see if a 'data/datalist' file should be added - building 'cem_1.1.27.tar.gz' Installing package into ‘C:/Users/awells/OneDrive - PopHealthCare/Documents/R/win-library/4.0’ (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) * installing *source* package 'cem' ... ** using staged installation ** R ** data ** inst ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading Error: (converted from warning) package 'lattice' was built under R version 4.0.3 Execution halted ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'cem' * removing 'C:/Users/awells/OneDrive - PopHealthCare/Documents/R/win-library/4.0/cem' Error: Failed to install 'cem' from GitHub: (converted from warning) installation of package ‘C:/Users/awells/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpWOLJ6z/file5b9c26a6ffc/cem_1.1.27.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit status From: Holly Hinson &lt;hinson(a)ohsu.edu <mailto:hinson@ohsu.edu>> Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 12:10 PM To: Stefano.IACUS(a)ec.europa.eu <mailto:Stefano.IACUS@ec.europa.eu>; king(a)harvard.edu <mailto:king@harvard.edu>; Aaron Wells &lt;aaron.wells(a)pophealthcare.com <mailto:aaron.wells@pophealthcare.com>>; cem(a)lists.gking.harvard.edu <mailto:cem@lists.gking.harvard.edu> Subject: Re: Re: Re: [cem] CEM back in CRAN? WARNING: this email originated from outside of the organization. Please use CAUTION before clicking on links, opening attachments, or providing any information. Sure thing. I suspect the error is mine. Please see entire transcript below: Downloading GitHub repo IQSS/cem@HEAD ✓ checking for file ‘/private/var/folders/ls/99kskn5j2rb6s7ghgfydsl50g556b6/T/Rtmp4a1OD6/remotesab2f46a89147/IQSS-cem-de93f7e/DESCRIPTION’ ... ─ preparing ‘cem’: ✓ checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... ─ checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts ─ checking for empty or unneeded directories ─ looking to see if a ‘data/datalist’ file should be added ─ building ‘cem_1.1.27.tar.gz’ Warning: invalid uid value replaced by that for user 'nobody' Warning: invalid gid value replaced by that for user 'nobody' * installing *source* package ‘cem’ ... ** using staged installation ** R ** data ** inst ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘tcltk’: .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'tcltk', details: call: system2("/usr/bin/otool", c("-L", shQuote(DSO)), stdout = TRUE) error: (converted from warning) running command ''/usr/bin/otool' -L '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/tcltk/libs//tcltk.so'' had status 1 Error: package ‘tcltk’ could not be loaded Execution halted ERROR: lazy loading failed for package ‘cem’ * removing ‘/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.0/Resources/library/cem’ Error: Failed to install 'cem' from GitHub: (converted from warning) installation of package ‘/var/folders/ls/99kskn5j2rb6s7ghgfydsl50g556b6/T//Rtmp4a1OD6/fileab2f64d9f08e/cem_1.1.27.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit status Thank you! HH H. E. Hinson, MD MCR FAAN Associate Director of Clinical Research, Neurocritical Care Program Associate Professor, Neurology and Emergency Medicine Oregon Health & Science University 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, CR-127 Portland, OR 97239 Office/Fax: 503 418-1472 Cell: 503 348-8579 Email: hinson(a)ohsu.edu <mailto:hinson@ohsu.edu> Web: hinsonlab.org <http://hinsonlab.org/> From: &quot;Stefano.IACUS(a)ec.europa.eu <mailto:Stefano.IACUS@ec.europa.eu>" &lt;Stefano.IACUS(a)ec.europa.eu <mailto:Stefano.IACUS@ec.europa.eu>> Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 9:55 AM To: &quot;king(a)harvard.edu <mailto:king@harvard.edu>" &lt;king(a)harvard.edu <mailto:king@harvard.edu>>, Holly Hinson &lt;hinson(a)ohsu.edu <mailto:hinson@ohsu.edu>>, &quot;aaron.wells(a)pophealthcare.com <mailto:aaron.wells@pophealthcare.com>" &lt;aaron.wells(a)pophealthcare.com <mailto:aaron.wells@pophealthcare.com>>, &quot;cem(a)lists.gking.harvard.edu <mailto:cem@lists.gking.harvard.edu>" &lt;cem(a)lists.gking.harvard.edu <mailto:cem@lists.gking.harvard.edu>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Re: [cem] CEM back in CRAN? Can you please show the full install log as well as the output of session Info () ? What you posted on stackoverflow and what you write do not match, I can only guess that installation fails but you give us more details we can help. Stefano Stefano M. Iacus Project Officer <image001.png> European Commission Joint Research Centre Demography, Migration and Governance Office: 26B 00/40 Via Enrico Fermi 2749 I-21027 Ispra / Italy Tel +39 0332 78.6088 Fax +39 0332 78.9045 <image002.png> From: Gary King &lt;thegaryking(a)gmail.com <mailto:thegaryking@gmail.com>> Sent: 04 November 2020 18:14:03 To: Stefano Iacus; IACUS Stefano (JRC-ISPRA) Subject: Fwd: Re: [cem] CEM back in CRAN? Can you help? Gary -- Gary King - Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor - Director, IQSS <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/iq.harvard.edu/__;!!DOxrgLBm!TLhsICC1yi2zRhzFU47g9KtUdY_AFYyKC3S20yadl9cwb5r-ij9yLEgbZG3T9ckRRJffuFI$> - Harvard University GaryKing.org <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/garyking.org/__;!!DOxrgLBm!TLhsICC1yi2zRhzFU47g9KtUdY_AFYyKC3S20yadl9cwb5r-ij9yLEgbZG3T9ckRuEQqBn0$> - King(a)Harvard.edu <mailto:King@Harvard.edu> - @KingGary <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/twitter.com/kinggary__;!!DOxrgLBm!TLhsICC1yi2zRhzFU47g9KtUdY_AFYyKC3S20yadl9cwb5r-ij9yLEgbZG3T9ckRkAh3ON8$> - 617-500-7570 - Assistant <mailto:king-assist@iq.harvard.edu>: 617-495-9271 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Holly Hinson &lt;hinson(a)ohsu.edu <mailto:hinson@ohsu.edu>> Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 12:11 PM Subject: Re: Re: [cem] CEM back in CRAN? To: King, Gary &lt;king(a)harvard.edu <mailto:king@harvard.edu>> Hi Gary, Thank you—I had tried that prior to posting, and was getting an error message that I posted to Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64672623/coarsened-exact-matching-cem-i… <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/stackoverflow.com/questions/64672623/coarsened-exact-matching-cem-in-r-package-not-loading__;!!DOxrgLBm!TLhsICC1yi2zRhzFU47g9KtUdY_AFYyKC3S20yadl9cwb5r-ij9yLEgbZG3T9ckRtWz6WUM$> It seems like the package “tcltk” isn’t behaving as expected? “Error: package ‘tcltk’ could not be loaded Execution halted” Sorry to both you with this! I really appreciate the help! HH H. E. Hinson, MD MCR FAAN Associate Director of Clinical Research, Neurocritical Care Program Associate Professor, Neurology and Emergency Medicine Oregon Health & Science University 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, CR-127 Portland, OR 97239 Office/Fax: 503 418-1472 Cell: 503 348-8579 Email: hinson(a)ohsu.edu <mailto:hinson@ohsu.edu> Web: hinsonlab.org <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/hinsonlab.org__;!!DOxrgLBm!TLhsICC1yi2zRhzFU47g9KtUdY_AFYyKC3S20yadl9cwb5r-ij9yLEgbZG3T9ckRJajkP_A$> From: Gary King &lt;thegaryking(a)gmail.com <mailto:thegaryking@gmail.com>> Reply-To: &quot;king(a)harvard.edu <mailto:king@harvard.edu>" &lt;king(a)harvard.edu <mailto:king@harvard.edu>> Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 9:00 AM To: Aaron Wells &lt;aaron.wells(a)pophealthcare.com <mailto:aaron.wells@pophealthcare.com>> Cc: Holly Hinson &lt;hinson(a)ohsu.edu <mailto:hinson@ohsu.edu>>, &quot;cem(a)lists.gking.harvard.edu <mailto:cem@lists.gking.harvard.edu>" &lt;cem(a)lists.gking.harvard.edu <mailto:cem@lists.gking.harvard.edu>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [cem] CEM back in CRAN? Sorry about that! R changes over time and you have to keep up! We've made the necessary changes and they're just verifying (all are really tiny changes). But if you want to install the new version, you can still do it, straight from our github repository. I put info about how to do this at GaryKing.org/CEM <http://garyking.org/CEM> Thanks for your patience! Gary -- Gary King - Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor - Director, IQSS <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/iq.harvard.edu/__;!!DOxrgLBm!TLhsICC1yi2zRhzFU47g9KtUdY_AFYyKC3S20yadl9cwb5r-ij9yLEgbZG3T9ckRRJffuFI$> - Harvard University GaryKing.org <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/garyking.org/__;!!DOxrgLBm!TLhsICC1yi2zRhzFU47g9KtUdY_AFYyKC3S20yadl9cwb5r-ij9yLEgbZG3T9ckRuEQqBn0$> - King(a)Harvard.edu <mailto:King@Harvard.edu> - @KingGary <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/twitter.com/kinggary__;!!DOxrgLBm!TLhsICC1yi2zRhzFU47g9KtUdY_AFYyKC3S20yadl9cwb5r-ij9yLEgbZG3T9ckRkAh3ON8$> - 617-500-7570 - Assistant <mailto:king-assist@iq.harvard.edu>: 617-495-9271 On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 11:54 AM Aaron Wells &lt;aaron.wells(a)pophealthcare.com <mailto:aaron.wells@pophealthcare.com>> wrote: Thank you Holly for asking this question. What transpired such that the package was removed? And, to your question, when will the package return? Thank you. Aaron From: cem-bounces(a)lists.gking.harvard.edu <mailto:cem-bounces@lists.gking.harvard.edu> &lt;cem-bounces(a)lists.gking.harvard.edu <mailto:cem-bounces@lists.gking.harvard.edu>> On Behalf Of Holly Hinson Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 10:30 AM To: cem(a)lists.gking.harvard.edu <mailto:cem@lists.gking.harvard.edu> Subject: [cem] CEM back in CRAN? WARNING: this email originated from outside of the organization. Please use CAUTION before clicking on links, opening attachments, or providing any information. Hi, I wondered if anyone knew when CEM might return to CRAN for R? Thanks! HH IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail message is intended to be received only by persons entitled to receive the confidential information it may contain. E-mail messages to clients of PopHealthCare may contain information that is confidential and legally privileged. Please do not read, copy, forward, or store this message unless you are an intended recipient of it. 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