[BioC] oligo on R 2.4.1?

[Seth Falcon]

<drnevich at uiuc.edu> writes:

> Hi again,
>
> I'm having trouble making a data package for my Affy tiling array -
> it's not related to the arguments for makePDpackages, but because of
> memory limitations and the inability to install the oligo package on R
> 2.4.0. I have R 2.5.0 (the devel. version) installed on my PC, along
> with all the necessary compilers, but I don't have enough memory to
> make the package. I also have access to R on a server with more
> memory, but it's only R 2.4.0 and I doubt I could get them to install
> R 2.5.0 on it until it's the released version. R CMD INSTALL failed
> for the oligo package because it says it requires 2.5.0, but the
> makePlatformDesign package installed fine. I thought I would be able
> to make the package on the server then install it back on my PC, but
> according to the warnings and errors below, the oligo package is
> required. Is there any way for me to get around this, or am I SOL?
>
> :) Jenny

If you have a shell account on the server, you can install your own
R-2.5 from source in your home directory.  This isn't as difficult as
it sounds (famous last words).

+ seth