Not working with updated reghdfe/ppml

[EconJoe]

I updated to the latest reghdfe/ppmlhdfe on SSC. reghdfe (! version 6.12.3 08aug2023) seems to be working fine. However, ppmlhdfe (! version 2.3.0 25feb2021) issues the following error message:

ppmlhdfe requires the reghdfe package (version 6 or newer), which is not installed
- install from SSC
- install from Github
(error occurred while loading ppmlhdfe.ado)
r(9);

However, as noted, version 6.12.3 of reghdfe is installed. Please let me know if you need any additional information.

[sergiocorreia]

Can you double check that ftools is also upgraded?

[EconJoe]

ftools (version 2.49.1 08aug2023)

[sergiocorreia]

I guess it's then a faulty reghdfe install:

If you installed reghdfe from SSC between August 20 and August 24, you will have missed some key files that were not on the package list but are required for ppmlhdfe

[EconJoe]

I think there may still be some files missing from SSC? I updated it today and got the same error message. However, when I updated from github, ppmlhdfe worked. So maybe something hasn't been pushed to SSC? Thanks for your help with this and thanks for the commands!

[sergiocorreia]

I think there may still be some files missing from SSC?

Spot on! Turns out that the file reghdfe5.mata (loaded by ppmlhdfe) is not present on SSC. It should be updated shortly, but on the mean time installing reghdfe from Github should do the trick.

Thanks!