[STATA 17] Problem with using newly installed command

[Jiwan Lee]

Hello Stata people,

I hope everything is fine with you!!


I recently purchased a STATA version 17 and have a problem with installing new command.

When I use a newly installed command, such as "center" and try using it, I got an error message saying that "error occurred while loading center.ado". (r612)
It seems that my STATA can't recognize or use the new command. It applies to any command that I newly downloaded (e.g. egen). I used to use STATA 16 version and had no such problem.

Can someone help me out with this problem?

Best,
Jiwan

[Nick Cox]

Hard to say. My guess is that you installed via a browser and did not copy the entire file. If so, you'd be better off with

ssc install center. replace

That said, there is no need or scope for installing egen separately. It's part of official Stata.

[Jiwan Lee]

Thank you for your reply, Nick! I've tried that code, but still getting the same error message... I'm so frustrated.

[William Lisowski]

Copy the following code, paste it into your Do-file editor window, run it, copy the commands and results from your Results window, and paste that into a post using code delimiters [CODE] and [/CODE] to ensure readability.

clear all
which center
ssc install center, replace
which center
sysuse auto
center weight

When I do this on my Mac, this is the result.

. do "/var/folders/xr/lm5ccr996k7dspxs35yqzyt80000gp/T//SD12670.000000"

. clear all

. which center
/Users/lisowskiw/Library/Application Support/Stata/ado/plus/c/center.ado
*! version 1.10, Ben Jann, 13apr2017
*! - now also allows iweights and pweights
*! - now displays note about modified/generated variables
*! - conflict between inplace and replace fixed
*! - addlabel("") now removes the default label suffix
*! version 1.09, Ben Jann, 31jan2014
*! - option inplace: now replaces all obs within [if] and [in] even if casewise
*!   is specified
*! version 1.08, Ben Jann, 01sep2013
*! - option inplace added
*! version 1.07, Ben Jann, 22feb2006

. ssc install center, replace
checking center consistency and verifying not already installed...
all files already exist and are up to date.

. which center
/Users/lisowskiw/Library/Application Support/Stata/ado/plus/c/center.ado
*! version 1.10, Ben Jann, 13apr2017
*! - now also allows iweights and pweights
*! - now displays note about modified/generated variables
*! - conflict between inplace and replace fixed
*! - addlabel("") now removes the default label suffix
*! version 1.09, Ben Jann, 31jan2014
*! - option inplace: now replaces all obs within [if] and [in] even if casewise
*!   is specified
*! version 1.08, Ben Jann, 01sep2013
*! - option inplace added
*! version 1.07, Ben Jann, 22feb2006

. sysuse auto
(1978 automobile data)

. center weight
(generated variables: c_weight)

. 
end of do-file

.

[Jiwan Lee]

Hi Lisowski, thank you for your help!
I just tried your code and got this result:

. do "/var/folders/s_/l6syx5x12n9f_3j5p4rnnbr00000gn/T//SD02891.000000"

. clear all

. which center
/Users/jiwanlee/Library/Application Support/Stata/ado/plus/c/center.ado
*! version 1.10, Ben Jann, 13apr2017
*! - now also allows iweights and pweights
*! - now displays note about modified/generated variables
*! - conflict between inplace and replace fixed
*! - addlabel("") now removes the default label suffix
*! version 1.09, Ben Jann, 31jan2014
*! - option inplace: now replaces all obs within [if] and [in] even if casewise
*!   is specified
*! version 1.08, Ben Jann, 01sep2013
*! - option inplace added
*! version 1.07, Ben Jann, 22feb2006

. ssc install center, replace
I/O error
r(691);

end of do-file

r(691);

it seems that mine is apparently different yours...

[Nick Cox]

See

help netio

and especially the first three items. Your Stata can't access SSC and your use of proxy server may be the reason.

[Jiwan Lee]

Thank you, Nick! It seems complicated, but I will look at it.