Re: st: Not able to use xtwest or xtmpg command due to (ado)file

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

There were no replies to this, largely I suspect because it is very
confusing and contradictory.

-xtwest- and -xtpmg- [!not -xtmpg-] are both commands that have been
published through the Stata Journal but in each case versions exist on
SSC. So, regardless of what has been done previously you should be
able to use -ssc- or -net- to install, provided that you specify
-replace-.

However, if you don't have file write access you will need to get help
from a local systems person.

If this doesn't help or doesn't make sense, you really need to contact
Stata technical support.

Nick
njcoxstata@gmail.com

On 12 July 2013 11:12, Sissy Tuken <sissy_tuken@hotmail.com> wrote:

> For my research I use a panel data set which consist of 23 countries and a period of 30 years for each country. To use Granger Causality method, I have to check on the stationary of the variables I will use. Also, I have to check on panel cointegration. For this, I want to use the command - xtwest- and/or -xtmpg-. However, as I want to run these commands, Stata denotes that these are unrecognized commands. So I want to install these packages. However, Stata then denotes that such a file already exists on the computer. I cannot delete those files for which Stata says 'this file already exists' (I have not access to these files). I also tried to uninstall the package using 'ado uninstall xtwest' and then to reinstall it again. However, Stata mentions that the package is not found.
> I've alsot tried to see which xtwest is installed by using command 'which xtwest' but got the error that the command xtwest was not found as it is 'either built-in or ado-file' (which is the last).
> Can someone help me with this problem. I need to circument the problem in another way.

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