[R] package installation for Windows 7

[Dave Bickel]

Neither biocLite nor the GUI menus can install packages on my system. 
Here is relevant output:

 > version
_
platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch i386
os mingw32
system i386, mingw32
status
major 2
minor 11.1
year 2010
month 05
day 31
svn rev 52157
language R
version.string R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31)
 > source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
BioC_mirror = http://www.bioconductor.org
Change using chooseBioCmirror().
 > biocLite("ALL")
Using R version 2.11.1, biocinstall version 2.6.7.
Installing Bioconductor version 2.6 packages:
[1] "ALL"
Please wait...

Warning in install.packages(pkgs = pkgs, repos = repos, ...) :
argument 'lib' is missing: using '\Users\dbickel/R/win-library/2.11'
Error in if (ok) { : missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed
 > source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
BioC_mirror = http://www.bioconductor.org
Change using chooseBioCmirror().
Warning messages:
1: In safeSource() : Redefining ‘biocinstall’
2: In safeSource() : Redefining ‘biocinstallPkgGroups’
3: In safeSource() : Redefining ‘biocinstallRepos’
 > biocLite()
Using R version 2.11.1, biocinstall version 2.6.7.
Installing Bioconductor version 2.6 packages:
[1] "affy" "affydata" "affyPLM" "affyQCReport"
[5] "annaffy" "annotate" "Biobase" "biomaRt"
[9] "Biostrings" "DynDoc" "gcrma" "genefilter"
[13] "geneplotter" "GenomicRanges" "hgu95av2.db" "limma"
[17] "marray" "multtest" "vsn" "xtable"
Please wait...

Warning in install.packages(pkgs = pkgs, repos = repos, ...) :
argument 'lib' is missing: using '\Users\dbickel/R/win-library/2.11'
Error in if (ok) { : missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed
 > biocLite()
Using R version 2.11.1, biocinstall version 2.6.7.
Installing Bioconductor version 2.6 packages:
[1] "affy" "affydata" "affyPLM" "affyQCReport"
[5] "annaffy" "annotate" "Biobase" "biomaRt"
[9] "Biostrings" "DynDoc" "gcrma" "genefilter"
[13] "geneplotter" "GenomicRanges" "hgu95av2.db" "limma"
[17] "marray" "multtest" "vsn" "xtable"
Please wait...

Warning in install.packages(pkgs = pkgs, repos = repos, ...) :
argument 'lib' is missing: using '\Users\dbickel/R/win-library/2.11'
Error in if (ok) { : missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed
 > library(Biobase)
Error in library(Biobase) : there is no package called 'Biobase'
 > biocLite("Biobase")
Using R version 2.11.1, biocinstall version 2.6.7.
Installing Bioconductor version 2.6 packages:
[1] "Biobase"
Please wait...

Warning in install.packages(pkgs = pkgs, repos = repos, ...) :
argument 'lib' is missing: using '\Users\dbickel/R/win-library/2.11'
Error in if (ok) { : missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed
 > source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
BioC_mirror = http://www.bioconductor.org
Change using chooseBioCmirror().
Warning messages:
1: In safeSource() : Redefining ‘biocinstall’
2: In safeSource() : Redefining ‘biocinstallPkgGroups’
3: In safeSource() : Redefining ‘biocinstallRepos’
 > biocLite("Biobase")
Using R version 2.11.1, biocinstall version 2.6.7.
Installing Bioconductor version 2.6 packages:
[1] "Biobase"
Please wait...

Warning in install.packages(pkgs = pkgs, repos = repos, ...) :
argument 'lib' is missing: using '\Users\dbickel/R/win-library/2.11'
Error in if (ok) { : missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed

 > utils:::menuInstallLocal() # "Install package(s) from local zip 
files..."
Error in if (ok) { : missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed

 > utils:::menuInstallPkgs() # "Install package(s)..."
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Error in if (ok) { : missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed


I would appreciate any assistance.

David

-- 
David R. Bickel, PhD
Associate Professor
Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology
Biochem., Micro. and I. Department
Mathematics and Statistics Department
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