It did not `break R': just rename your .RData which appears to have become
corrupted.
Please always start R with --vanilla before concluding it is broken.
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Greg Arnold wrote:
This combination was operating satisfactorily until I tried updating lme4 and
Matrix. My attempts to do this ultimately broke R. The R console appears
briefly, then collapses. I have tried downloading and reinstalling R
without success. Typing 'R' into Terminal gives the error message bring up
the usual introduction, then the error message:
Error in methods:::mlistMetaName(mi, ns) :
The methods object name for "coerce" must include the name of the
package that contains the generic function, but there is no generic function
of this name
Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in .RData
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