[BioC] Bioconductor on a mac

[A.J. Rossini]

one approach is to install as root, i.e. start via "sudo R" and then
getBioC() ought to work.

Think about this before you do it, of course.

best,
-tony


Michael Campbell <mac17 at psu.edu> writes:

> I am attempting to load Bioconductor on a mac running OS 10.2. I have
> loaded R and have attempted to load BioConductor but when I type
> getBioC() the result is:
>
> Error in getBioC() : You do not have write access to
> /usr/local/lib/R/library
> Please check your permissions or provide a different 'destdir'
> parameter
>
> I am not sure how (or if I want to) change the permission on the
> "/usr/local/lib/R/library". Any suggestions?
>
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