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Generalized Linear Latent Variable Models

v2.0.11 · Jun 22, 2026 · GPL-2

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Analysis of multivariate data using generalized linear latent variable models (gllvm). Estimation is performed using either the Laplace method, variational approximations, or extended variational approximations, implemented via TMB (Kristensen et al. (2016), <doi:10.18637/jss.v070.i05>).

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r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
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r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 OK
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ERROR r-patched-linux-x86_64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
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--- finished re-building ‘vignette1.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘vignette10.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘vignette10.Rmd’

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<error/rlang_error>
Error in `FAstart()`:
! Calculating starting values failed. Maybe too many latent variables. Try smaller 'num.lv' value or change 'starting.val' to 'zero' or 'random'.
---
Backtrace:
    ▆
 1. └─gllvm::gllvm(y = spider$abund, family = poisson(), num.lv = 2)
 2.   └─gllvm:::gllvm.iter(...)
 3.     ├─base::do.call(gllvm.TMB, args)
 4.     └─gllvm (local) `<fn>`(...)
 5.       └─gllvm:::start_values_gllvm_TMB(...)
 6.         └─gllvm:::FAstart(...)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Error: processing vignette 'vignette3.rmd' failed with diagnostics:
Calculating starting values failed. Maybe too many latent variables. Try smaller 'num.lv' value or change 'starting.val' to 'zero' or 'random'.
--- failed re-building ‘vignette3.rmd’

--- re-building ‘vignette4.rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘vignette4.rmd’

--- re-building ‘vignette5.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘vignette5.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘vignette6.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘vignette6.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘vignette7.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
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--- finished re-building ‘vignette8.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘vignette9.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘vignette9.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘vignette3.rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

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ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 24, 2026
ERROR r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
--- re-building 'vignette1.Rmd' using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building 'vignette1.Rmd'

--- re-building 'vignette10.Rmd' using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building 'vignette10.Rmd'

--- re-building 'vignette2.rmd' u
...[truncated]...
--- finished re-building 'vignette8.Rmd'

--- re-building 'vignette9.Rmd' using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building 'vignette9.Rmd'

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  'vignette4.rmd'

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 9, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 8, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
  ...
--- re-building ‘vignette1.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘vignette1.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘vignette10.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘vignette10.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘vignette2.
...[truncated]...
--- finished re-building ‘vignette8.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘vignette9.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘vignette9.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘vignette2.rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 12, 2026
WARNING 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 11, 2026
WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

PDF version of manual

LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
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OK 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 25, 2026
NOTE 11 OK · 3 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 24, 2026
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

installed package size

installed size is 211.9Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    doc     1.8Mb
    libs  208.7Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is 213.8Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    doc     1.8Mb
    libs  210.6Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is  8.4Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    doc    1.8Mb
    libs   5.3Mb
ERROR 10 OK · 3 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 23, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

whether package can be installed

Installation failed.
See ‘/data/gannet/ripley/R/packages/tests-devel/gllvm.Rcheck/00install.out’ for details.
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

installed package size

installed size is 211.9Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    doc     1.8Mb
    libs  208.7Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is 213.8Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    doc     1.8Mb
    libs  210.6Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is  8.4Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    doc    1.8Mb
    libs   5.3Mb
NOTE 11 OK · 3 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

installed package size

installed size is 211.9Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    doc     1.8Mb
    libs  208.7Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is 213.8Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    doc     1.8Mb
    libs  210.6Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is  8.4Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    doc    1.8Mb
    libs   5.3Mb

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Version History

23 tracked
updated 2.0.11 ← 2.0.10 diff Jun 22, 2026
updated 2.0.10 ← 2.0.5 diff May 10, 2026
new 2.0.5 Mar 10, 2026
updated 2.0.5 ← 2.0.2 diff Jul 12, 2025
updated 2.0.2 ← 2.0.1 diff Apr 7, 2025
updated 2.0.1 ← 2.0 diff Mar 31, 2025
updated 2.0 ← 1.4.3 diff Nov 25, 2024
updated 1.4.3 ← 1.4.1 diff Sep 17, 2023
updated 1.4.1 ← 1.4.0 diff Jan 6, 2023
updated 1.4.0 ← 1.3.1 diff Dec 16, 2022
updated 1.3.1 ← 1.3.0 diff Jul 27, 2021
updated 1.3.0 ← 1.2.3 diff Apr 29, 2021
updated 1.2.3 ← 1.2.2 diff Dec 10, 2020
updated 1.2.2 ← 1.2.1 diff May 10, 2020
updated 1.2.1 ← 1.2.0 diff Jan 22, 2020