Calling plot_model() with type = "re" (and by extension plot_type_ranef()) on an lme4 model object currently throws an error if glmmTMB is not installed: Package 'glmmTMB' required for this function to work, please install it.
However, looking at the plot_type_ranef() code it doesn't seem like glmmTMB is actually necessary to plot lme4 ranefs. There is a require call for glmmTMB at the top of plot_type_ranef(), before the control flow actually checks whether the model is an lme4 or glmmTMB model.
I've moved the glmmTMB require statement so that the model class is checked first. If glmmTMB is not actually necessary, not having it installed won't throw an error.
I considered moving the lme4 require statement as well, but sjstats (and by extension sjPlot) has it as a hard dependency anyway, so it should always be installed if plot_type_ranef() is called.
Calling
plot_model()
withtype = "re"
(and by extensionplot_type_ranef()
) on anlme4
model object currently throws an error ifglmmTMB
is not installed:Package 'glmmTMB' required for this function to work, please install it.
However, looking at the
plot_type_ranef()
code it doesn't seem likeglmmTMB
is actually necessary to plotlme4
ranefs. There is a require call forglmmTMB
at the top ofplot_type_ranef()
, before the control flow actually checks whether the model is anlme4
orglmmTMB
model.I've moved the
glmmTMB
require statement so that the model class is checked first. IfglmmTMB
is not actually necessary, not having it installed won't throw an error.I considered moving the
lme4
require statement as well, butsjstats
(and by extensionsjPlot
) has it as a hard dependency anyway, so it should always be installed ifplot_type_ranef()
is called.