Synth command Issues : package does not contain synthopt.plugin for WIN64A platform

[Song Sunyoung]

Hi
I am trying to learn synthetic control method but facing this error : package does not contain synthopt.plugin for WIN64A platform could not load synth.pkg from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/


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//1. ssc install synth
-> ssc install: "synth" not found at SSC, type -findit synth-
//2. net install synth
-> package does not contain synthopt.plugin for WIN64A platform
//3. So I downloaded "synthopt.win64" from "http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/"-> rename "synthopt.plugin"->move synthopt.plugin to the c:\ado\plus\s\ directory. ->net install synth ->but it still fails.
//4. net from "https://web.stanford.edu/~jhain/Synth"
net install synth, all replace force
->it still fails.
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[Jared Greathouse]

This is a recurrent problem with synth. My own SCM algorithm (coming to a town near you soon enough!) doesn't face these issues. Anyways, these threads might bear fruit.