command esttab is unrecognized but estout already installed

[Flora Yin]

Hello!

I have a problem using -esttab-. Here is the code I try to run:

logout, save(H1) word replace fix(1): ///
esttab model_1 , ///
 mtitle(Main) ///
b(%6.3f) t(%6.2f) ///
star(* 0.1 ** 0.05 *** 0.01) ///
scalar(r2 r2_a N F) compress nogap

and stata gives me:

command esttab is unrecognized

because -esttab- is part of the -estout- used package, I type:

ssc install estout

but stata says:

checking estout consistency and verifying not already installed...
file C:\Users\zhx\AppData\Local\Temp\ST_a7c_000002.tmp already exists
could not copy http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/_/_eststo.ado
(no action taken)
r(602);

which means I already have -estout-, but I couldn't run the code as stata keep saying command -esttab- is unrecognized. I have used -esttab- before with no problem on my old laptop, so I don't know what's going on here when I change to another laptop. Any help is appreciated!

[Andrew Musau]

ssc install estout, replace

[Flora Yin]

Hi Andrew,

I tried but still get an error.

. ssc install estout, replace
checking estout consistency and verifying not already installed...
file C:\Users\zhx\AppData\Local\Temp\ST_a7c_000002.tmp already exists
could not copy http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/_/_eststo.ado
(no action taken)
r(602);

I also tried to find the file and maybe delete it, but I can't find the file at the location specified.

[Andrew Musau]

file C:\Users\zhx\AppData\Local\Temp\ST_a7c_000002.tmp already exists

The Stata folder should be somewhere in your program files, maybe your installation is not proper. To force uninstall a program, type

ado

and search for it. If it is no. 11, you type

 ado uninstall [11]

then reinstall it. However, first make sure that everything is as it should be with your installation of Stata.

[Flora Yin]

This is even more strange... ado doesn't show I installed estout.

. ado

[1] package egenmore from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e
      'EGENMORE': modules to extend the generate function

[2] package vlookup from http://www.stata.com/users/kcrow
      vlookup. Indexing command.

[3] package rangestat from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/r
      'RANGESTAT': module to generate statistics using observations within range

[4] package randomtag from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/r
      'RANDOMTAG': module to draw observations without replacement

[5] package missing from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m
      'MISSING': module to replace missing values

[6] package missings from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/m
      'MISSINGS': module to manage missing values

[7] package winsor2 from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/w
      'WINSOR2': module to winsorize data

[8] package logout from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/l
      'LOGOUT': module to convert log or ASCII files into various output formats

.

Thanks for your advice. I guess I probably need to uninstall stata and reinstall it. Will uninstall stata wipe out all the packages I installed?

[Andrew Musau]

Check the following out and see if it helps.

https://kb.iu.edu/d/arur

[Flora Yin]

Thanks! It works, but how to make this change permanently? If I open stata again it will back to what it is before and still install ado at default C disk :/

[Andrew Musau]

Specify the -permanently- option, i.e.,

-command- , permanently

[Flora Yin]

Finally it works! Thanks Andrew!!

[Nahran YL]

Specify the -permanently- option, i.e.,

-command- , permanently

Thank you very much