Car package not found by R (failed to load)

Question

I am am trying to load a simple dataset using:

library(car)

but I get the following error:

Error in library("car") : there is no package called 'car'

Does anyone have an idea why this happens and how to solve it?

Answer 1

If you don't currently use an IDE (or even if you do), the following will install the package:

install.packages("car")

Before then running

library("car")

You should heed @Iris's advice and use a RStudio if you don't already to manage just this sort of task.

Answer 2

You forgot to install the package before you tried to load it.

Do you use a IDE (integrated development environment)? I can strongly recommmand the use of Rstudio as IDE. When you installed Rstudio, you can choose in the toolbar: "Tools" > "Install packages..." Type in "car" and click "install". As soon as the package is installed, you can load the package with library(car)

Answer 3

I know this post was from several months ago, but I came across it after having the same issue. I followed the instructions here (it's a .doc download).

I typically use R Studio, but was having no luck with this:

install.packages("car") 

I opened the R application (not Studio) and followed the instructions on the .doc. I now have the package. Good luck!