RE: st: AW: RE: Error ivreg2 "must have ranktest version 01.2.02 or geater..."

[Nick Cox <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>]

It looks as if the sysadmin might need to do that. 

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 

DE SOUZA Eric

Probably the simplest would be to uninstall the older versions. 
If I'm not mistaken, the way to do it is  -ado uninstall pkgid [, from(dirname)]- 

Nick Cox

You are working in the wrong directory for -ivreg2- to see the latest version of -ranktest-.

Or equivalently, the latest version of -ranktest- was installed in the wrong place.

-which- and -adopath- show that from where you are working -ivreg2- will find first the older -ranktest-, so that it unsurprisingly complains.

There are various ways round this. One is to change your -adopath-; another is to navigate to a different directory to do your work.
Another is to uninstall the older versions on the network.

In general, you need to study the idea of -adopath- which underlies all this, and the whole thread shows that insufficient information defines a difficult question.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Wiebke Meyer <Meyer@iamo.de> wrote:
> Nick and Mark,
>
> here some more information on my problem (in the meantime the 
> it-administrator ensured that I have the latest Stata/SE 11.2 version 
> on my PC (Windows XP)). Still, the error message reappeared:
>
>
> . ivreg2  d_log_rem_year  d_feeling_home d_wave_1980 d_wave_1999 
> d_state_german ks_share_nonfarm ks_mother ( d_saving d
>> _hh_ek_kl =  d_hh_groesse d_work_pension d_work_unemployed 
>> migr_deutsch
> migr_member_d migr_member_ks)
> Error: must have ranktest version 01.2.02 or greater installed 
> Currently installed version is 01.1.03 To update, from within Stata 
> type ssc install ranktest, replace r(601);
>
> end of do-file
>
> r(601);
>
> . ssc install ranktest, replace
> checking ranktest consistency and verifying not already installed...
> all files already exist and are up to date.
>
> . do "C:\DOKUME~1\Meyer\LOKALE~1\Temp\STD00000000.tmp"
>
> . ivreg2  d_log_rem_year  d_feeling_home d_wave_1980 d_wave_1999 
> d_state_german ks_share_nonfarm ks_mother ( d_saving d
>> _hh_ek_kl =  d_hh_groesse d_work_pension d_work_unemployed 
>> migr_deutsch
> migr_member_d migr_member_ks)
> Error: must have ranktest version 01.2.02 or greater installed 
> Currently installed version is 01.1.03 To update, from within Stata 
> type ssc install ranktest, replace r(601);
>
> end of do-file
>
> r(601);
>
> . ssc uninstall ranktest
>
> package ranktest from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/r
>      'RANKTEST': module to test the rank of a matrix using the 
> Kleibergen-Paap rk statistic
>
> (package uninstalled)
>
> . ssc uninstall ivreg2
>
> package ivreg2 from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/i
>      'IVREG2': module for extended instrumental variables/2SLS and GMM 
> estimation
>
> (package uninstalled)
>
> . ssc install ivreg2, all
> checking ivreg2 consistency and verifying not already installed...
> installing into c:\ado\plus\...
> installation complete.
>
> . ssc install ranktest, all
> checking ranktest consistency and verifying not already installed...
> installing into c:\ado\plus\...
> installation complete.
>
> -       Session closed and reopened    -
>
> . ivreg2  d_log_rem_year  d_feeling_home d_wave_1980 d_wave_1999 
> d_state_german ks_share_nonfarm ks_mother ( d_saving d
>> _hh_ek_kl =  d_hh_groesse d_work_pension d_work_unemployed 
>> migr_deutsch
> migr_member_d migr_member_ks)
> Error: must have ranktest version 01.2.02 or greater installed 
> Currently installed version is 01.1.03 To update, from within Stata 
> type ssc install ranktest, replace r(601);
>
> end of do-file
>
> r(601);
>
> . which ranktest, all
>
> \\Iamo4\Stata\ado\updates\r\ranktest.ado
> *! ranktest 1.1.03  4May2008
> *! author mes, based on code by fk
>
> \\Iamo4\Stata\ado\base\r\ranktest.ado
> *! ranktest 1.1.03  4May2008
> *! author mes, based on code by fk
>
> c:\ado\plus\r\ranktest.ado
> *! ranktest 1.2.03  24Apr2010
> *! author mes, based on code by fk
>
> . pwd
> \\Iamo4\Stata
>
> . adopath
>  [1]  (UPDATES)   "\\Iamo4\Stata\ado\updates/"
>  [2]  (BASE)      "\\Iamo4\Stata\ado\base/"
>  [3]  (SITE)      "\\Iamo4\Stata\ado\site/"
>  [4]              "."
>  [5]  (PERSONAL)  "c:\ado\personal/"
>  [6]  (PLUS)      "c:\ado\plus/"
>  [7]  (OLDPLACE)  "c:\ado/"
>
> .
>
> "does not work" means: if I try to run the ivreg2 model the error 
> message occurs that I should install a certain version of the 
> ranktest. Even if I have installed it, the model does not run. Even if 
> I uninstall ivreg2 and ranktest, close stata, reopen and install again...
>
>
> Wiebke
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Nick Cox
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juni 2011 11:16
> An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Betreff: Re: st: AW: RE: Error ivreg2 "must have ranktest version 
> 01.2.02 or geater..."
>
> I think therefore we need more information to know what is going on.
>
> For example:
>
> 1. A complete inventory of all ranktest.ado on Wiebke's machine 
> visible to Stata, meaning the results of -which ranktest, all- 
> together with the results of -pwd-.
>
> 2. The results of -adopath-.
>
> 3. What Wiebke means by "does not work".
>
> Nick
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:05 AM, DE SOUZA Eric 
> <eric.de_souza@coleurope.eu> wrote:
>
>> I thought she had already tried this, but reading down she only 
>> mentions
> trying to reinstall -ranktest-  with the replace option; and getting 
> the message that " all files already exist and are up to date"
>
> Nick Cox
>
>> Install the latest version directly?
>
>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Wiebke Meyer <Meyer@iamo.de> wrote:
>
>>> Thanks for the hint. However, it still does not work... Do you know 
>>> any way out of this actually ridiculously minor problem?
>
> Schaffer, Mark E
>
>>> Sometimes you can accidentally find yourself with multiple versions 
>>> of Stata programs floating around on your machine.  To see if this 
>>> is the case, use the -all- option:
>>>
>>> which ranktest, all
>>>
>>> which ivreg2, all
>>>
>>> Frankly, this happens often enough to make me think -all- should be 
>>> the default behaviour of the -which- command.
>
> Wiebke
>
>>>> I try for the first time to run a ivreg2 command and encountered 
>>>> the following message:
>>>>
>>>> > _hh_ek_kl =  d_hh_groesse d_work_pension d_work_unemployed
>>>> migr_deutsch
>>>> > migr_member_d migr_member_ks)
>>>> Error: must have ranktest version 01.2.02 or greater installed 
>>>> Currently installed version is 01.1.03 To update, from within Stata 
>>>> type ssc install ranktest, replace r(601);
>>>>
>>>> end of do-file
>>>>
>>>> r(601);
>>>>
>>>> . ssc install ranktest, replace
>>>> checking ranktest consistency and verifying not already installed...
>>>> all files already exist and are up to date.
>>>>
>>>> Somewhere in the www I found that I should do:
>>>>
>>>> . adoupdate, update
>>>> (note: adoupdate updates user-written files; type -update- to check 
>>>> for updates to official Stata)
>>>>
>>>> Checking status of installed packages...
>>>>
>>>>     [1] outreg2 at http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/o:
>>>>         installed package is up to date
>>>>
>>>>     [2] ivreg2 at http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/i:
>>>>         installed package is up to date
>>>>
>>>>     [3] ranktest at http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/r:
>>>>         installed package is up to date
>>>>
>>>>     [4] st0026_2 at http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj5-3:
>>>>         installed package is up to date
>>>>
>>>> (no packages require updating)
>>>>
>>>> and:
>>>>
>>>> . update all
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> > update ado
>>>> (contacting http://www.stata.com)
>>>> ado-files already up to date
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> > update utilities
>>>> (contacting http://www.stata.com)
>>>> utilities already up to date
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> > update executable
>>>> (contacting http://www.stata.com)
>>>> executable already up to date
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Still the command would not run.
>>>>
>>>> What can I do?
>>>>
>>>> I work on a usual pc with windows XP. My Stata version is 11.2.
>>>>
>>>> I would be very happy to recieve your help.
>

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