Re: st: Installing XTIVREG2 on Stata 9

[Christopher Baum <kit.baum@bc.edu>]

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On Jul 20, 2010, at 2:33 AM, Erasmo wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I am trying to install XTIVREG2 on Stata 9, but I get the following
> error message:
> 
> this is version 9.0 of Stata; it cannot run version 10.1 programs
>     You can purchase the latest version of Stata by visiting
> http://www.stata.com.
> Error - must have ivreg2/ivreg28/ivreg29 version 2.1.15 or greater installed
> 
> I have previously installed ranktest and ivreg2 and this is the output
> from "which"
> 
> . which xtivreg2
> c:\ado\plus\x\xtivreg2.ado
> *! xtivreg2 1.0.12 17June2010
> *! author mes
> 
> . which ivreg2
> c:\ado\plus\i\ivreg2.ado
> *! ivreg2 3.0.05  17June2010
> *! authors cfb & mes
> *! see end of file for version comments
> 
> . which ranktest
> c:\ado\plus\r\ranktest.ado
> *! ranktest 1.2.03  24Apr2010
> *! author mes, based on code by fk
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions on what I could do to solve this issue?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Erasmo


(1) upgrade Stata to version 9.2 (it's free).
(2) ssc install ivreg29
(3) ado uninstall ivreg2   (as you cannot run it under 9.2)

and it should work.

Kit



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