Henrik Bengtsson schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Paul Hammer <Paul.Hammer@p-t-p.de> wrote:
>   
>> hi folks,
>>
>> I know that the package HELP
>> (http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/HELP.html) is designed
>> for R-2.8. But I have heard that it is also possible to install HELP under
>> R-2.7 with a little trick. Is that right ? Is there any way to do this?
>>     
>
> I've got a patched version of biocLite() that you can tell to fake the
> version number of R.  Say you run R v2.7.1, then you can do (I'm sure
> I'm getting into trouble for making it this simple):
>
>   
>> source("http://www.braju.com/R/hbLite.R");
>> biocLite("HELP");
>>     
> Running biocinstall version 2.2.10 with R version 2.7.1
> Your version of R requires version 2.2 of BioConductor.
> Warning message:
> package 'HELP' is not available
> biocLite("HELP", rver="2.8.0");
> Running biocinstall version 2.3.7 with R version 2.8.0 (under development)
> Your version of R requires version 2.3 of Bioconductor.
> trying URL 'http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.3/bioc/bin/windows/contrib/2.8/HE
> LP_0.99.2.zip'
> Content type 'application/zip' length 1103967 bytes (1.1 Mb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 1.1 Mb
> package 'HELP' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>
> Boring disclaimer: Note that if you do this, you are on your own and
> if you plan to report bugs etc to BioC about HELP (and dependent
> packages), then make sure to do your test on R v2.8.0 and not as
> above.  The above trick is only intended to be used when you know it
> is safe to use it on R v2.7.1. as well.
>
> Please don't kill the messenger - nor the provider - for this one ;)
>
> /Henrik
>
>   
>> thanks,
>> paul
>>
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>>     
thank you man :) that is really easy and it worked fine.

goodnight
paul

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