The most common cause of problems with SPost commands is that the latest version of Stata or SPost have not been installed. Before installing SPost, be sure that you have the most recent (run: update all). If you are having problems with SPost, be sure you have the latest Stata and latest version of spost13_ado (run: adoupdate, update).

Click here for installation instructions from Chapter 1 of Long and Freese, 2014. Regression Models for Categorical Dependent Variables Using Stata, Third Edition.

Common problems

1. Files already exist: Using -net install spost13_ado- Stata says  "the following files already exist and are different: c:\ado\plus\m\mlogtest.ado". What should I do? Most likely, an earlier version of SPost was installed. Run -ado- to see if this is the case. Run -help ado- for information on uninstalling packages. If no packages are installed, add the -replace- option, such as: -net install spost13_ado, replace-