Broken access to ssc install options

[jmorales]

Hi,

I've been having troubles running installing ado files through the ssc install command. For example, if I try to install use13 (happens to all others as well), I get the following error:

. ssc install use13
unexpected end of file
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/u/ either
1) is not a valid URL, or
2) could not be contacted, or
3) is not a Stata download site (has no stata.toc file).
r(612);

Do you have an idea of why this might be for and how can I solve this problem?

Thanks in advanced,

JR

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José Ramón Morales Arilla
Center for International Development
Harvard University

[Nick Cox]

I had no problem just now. Like any other site SSC occasionally goes down, in which case just try again later.

[jmorales]

It's been like this for more than a month. Started crashing all of a sudden. I re-installed the package and tried with previous versions and still doesn't work. The most similar discussion I've seen is this: http://www.stata.com/statalist/archi.../msg00756.html - Still doesn't help me solve it though.

[Nick Cox]

I thought you were complaining about ssc install. Is that still true?

Or are you now reporting a problem with use13? If the latter, you need to start a new thread with that in the title, or contact the author, who is a member here too.

I've never used use13, so couldn't comment further.

[jmorales]

No, you are right, the problem is with ssc install. use13 was an example. When I said re-installed the package, I meant I re-installed Stata.

[Nick Cox]

For systems crashes, you need to talk to your systems people, or StataCorp Technical Support, or both.