Synth: <istmt> emptymat() not found

[Alex Kanode]

Hi all,

I continue to run into this issue while attempting to run synth:

<istmt> 3499 emptymat() not found

I know previous questions have asked about this error, but I have an extra caveat that makes it trickier to follow that advice.

I'm using a private dataset on a computer that is allowed no access to the internet. As such, when trying to install synth, I had to run ssc install on a different computer, locate the files downloaded from synth, and transfer them to the other computer via thumb drive.

The files I transferred were:

synth_ii.ado
synth.ado
synth.sthlp
synthopt.plugin

I made sure the computer I downloaded it on was Windows 64, since the private computer is Windows 64. I noticed that might have been the issue since synth seems to install differently depending on the system.

The last thing I can see that might be the issue is that mata hasn't been updated to account for looking for files that synth would use. But running:

mata: mata mlib index

didn't seem to correct things at all. I'm guessing because it can't without internet. What would I have to do in order to correct this issue, that I can do with transferring between computers and no internet on one of them?

Thanks so much for your help,
Alex

[Sebastian Kripfganz]

You also need to transfer the Mata library file, which is in the subfolder /l/:
lsynth_mata_subr.mlib