[BUG] file not found: ftools,.ado

[chengjun]

Before submitting the bug report

. which ftools
/Applications/Stata/ado/base/f/ftools.ado
*! version 2.48.0 29mar2021

. which reghdfe
/Applications/Stata/ado/base/r/reghdfe.ado
*! version 6.12.2 02Nov2021

Bug report

Please complete the following information:

• Stata version: [e.g. Stata 17.0 03May2022] Find out with the update and version commands
• OS: [e.g. MAC OS Mojave 10.14.6]

Behavior

cap ado uninstall ftools
cap ado uninstall reghdfe
*** I mannualy download ftools and reghdfe github repos, rename them, and then use net install
net install ftools, from("/Users/chengjun/Downloads/ftools/src") 
net install reghdfe, from("/Users/chengjun/Downloads/reghdfe/src") 

ftools, compile
which ftools
which reghdfe

/Users/chengjun/Library/Application Support/Stata/ado/plus/f/ftools.ado
*! version 2.48.0 29mar2021

/Users/chengjun/Library/Application Support/Stata/ado/plus/r/reghdfe.ado
*! version 6.12.2 02Nov2021

. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 automobile data)

. reghdfe price weight length, absorb(rep78)
file not found: ftools,.ado
r(123);

I find that I have to firstly add the directory to the beginning of the ado-path.

Once I restart STATA, I have to firstly specify the ado-path as following:

adopath ++ "/Users/chengjun/Library/Application Support/Stata/ado/plus/"

If I restart STATA without firstly specifying the ado-path, the error "file not found: ftools,.ado" will occur.

[chengjun]

According to this stackoverflow post, I found a solution: adding adopath ++ "/Users/chengjun/Library/Application Support/Stata/ado/plus/" into the profile.do file which is automatically running when STATA restarts.