[R-SIG-Mac] accessing older versions of R and Bioconductor libraries

Richard Friedman friedman at cancercenter.columbia.edu
Thu May 8 23:21:52 CEST 2008


Dear Eric and Kasper,

	Thank you for the help. I seem to have managed to recapture version  
2.6 and can access
the relevant libraries.

Best wishes,
Rich

On May 8, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Eric Wooten wrote:

> Yep. If you download the non-installer version of 2.6 from  
> r.research.att.com you should be able to drop that folder structure  
> right into your existing setup. Rswitch will take it from there.
>
> Likewise you can always compile older versions and not hammer the  
> existing stuff, though I forget what commands (if any) are  
> necessary for that at the moment. That information shouldn't be too  
> hard to find, at any rate.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Eric
>
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Richard Friedman  
> <friedman at cancercenter.columbia.edu> wrote:
> Eric,
>
>        Thank you. I have downloaded R-switch and started it.
> My problem is that I want to access R2.6, my previous version,
> for which I only have the library folder. All of the other version  
> folders have
> an R console and folders labeled Headers, ProvateHeaders and  
> Resources.
> It seems that the installation erased much of 2.6. Is there a way  
> to get 2.6 back without
> erasing 7?
>
> THANKS!
> Rich
>
>
>
> On May 8, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Eric Wooten wrote:
>
> RSwitch, located at:
> http://r.research.att.com/#other
>
> will allow you to quickly and painlessly switch between any  
> versions of R you have installed.
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Richard Friedman  
> <friedman at cancercenter.columbia.edu> wrote:
> Dear R-sig-mac list
>
>       I just installed R2.7.0 and assorted bioconductor packages on  
> my mac.
> For a specific purpose, I wish to use R.2.6 and associated  
> bioconductor libraries.
> When I click the R Icon on the desktop, i get R2.7. Is there any  
> way that I can use 2.6
> while keep R2.7.0 installed as well? In R.frameworks I only have  
> the library for 2.6.
> Please advise.
>
> Thanks and best wishes,
> Rich
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