[Bioc-devel] simpleaffy pkg:

[Kasper Daniel Hansen]

On Oct 18, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Kasper Daniel Hansen wrote:

> On Oct 18, 2005, at 11:22 AM, <abprog at charter.net>
> <abprog at charter.net> wrote:
>
>
>> Sure,
>>
>> Here are my steps:
>> 1. retreived the package simpleaffy.2.0.13.tar.gz
>> 2. gunzip simpleaffy.2.0.13.tar.gz
>> 3. tar -xvf simpleaffy.2.0.13.tar
>>
>> R installed is for linux v. R.2.2.0.
>>
>
> This is _NOT_ how you do it. When you have the tar ball you do
>    R CMD INSTALL simpleaffy
> (possibly with version numer on the simpleaffy part as well). What
> you are doing might work for certain packages (or it might have
> worked in the past).

I forgot: in case you want to put it in a non-standard place you add  
a flag
   -l PATH_TO_PERSONAL_LIBRARY

Kasper




> Kasper
>
>
>> After the R prompt I applied:
>>
>>
>>> library(affy)
>>> [Some work with my data]
>>> library(simpleaffy,lib.loc="mypath_for_simpleaffy_dir")
>>>
>>>
>> R responds:
>> 'simpleaffy' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0
>>
>> TIA,
>> AB
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> From: Seth Falcon <sfalcon at fhcrc.org>
>>> Date: 2005/10/18 Tue PM 02:09:43 EDT
>>> To: bioc-devel at stat.math.ethz.ch
>>> Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] simpleaffy pkg:
>>>
>>> On 18 Oct 2005, abprog at charter.net wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi, I just installed simpleaffy pkg, but I am receiving the
>>>> following error:
>>>>
>>>> .../R-2.2.0/pkgs") :
>>>> 'simpleaffy' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> How did you install simpleaffy?  What platform are you using and  
>>> what
>>> version of R?
>>>
>>> What exactly did you type or click?
>>>
>>> With a bit more info, I bet we'll be able to provide some useful
>>> answers.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> + seth
>>>
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