So this might not be a Bioconductor question per se, but the error revealed itself when trying to install a Bioconductor package.
When trying to install DESeq2, I am failing because the dependency 'SummarizedExperiment' will not install. The console error messages seem to indicate shell errors where basic commands such as 'rm' and 'mv' are not being found.
When I check R's PATH using Sys.getenv() , the PATH looks normal and has the place where these commands are.
I have a sneaking suspicion that Apple did this to me. I updated my OS from Mojave to Catalina, and ever since whenever I open a Terminal window I have a message saying:
The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please runchsh -s /bin/zsh.
For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.
Behind the scenes when R is trying to do my install, is it falling into a shell that doesn't even know where rm and mv are? If so, any ideas on how to fix this?
R version 4.0.0, Bioconductor version 3.11. Full console information below with sessionInfo() at bottom.
> BiocManager::install("DESeq2")
Bioconductor version 3.11 (BiocManager 1.30.10), R 4.0.0 (2020-04-24)
Installing package(s) 'DESeq2'
also installing the dependency ‘SummarizedExperiment’
There is a binary version available but the source version is later:
binary source needs_compilation
SummarizedExperiment 1.18.1 1.18.2 FALSE
trying URL 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.11/bioc/bin/macosx/contrib/4.0/DESeq2_1.28.1.tgz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1887714 bytes (1.8 MB)
==================================================
downloaded 1.8 MB
The downloaded binary packages are in
/var/folders/82/x9hk21dx19jfp44kk7njvcqc0000gn/T//RtmpQAF98w/downloaded_packages
installing the source package ‘SummarizedExperiment’
trying URL 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.11/bioc/src/contrib/SummarizedExperiment_1.18.2.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1520747 bytes (1.5 MB)
==================================================
downloaded 1.5 MB
* installing *source* package ‘SummarizedExperiment’ ...
** using staged installation
** R
** inst
** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
sh: rm: command not found
** help
*** installing help indices
** building package indices
sh: rm: command not found
** installing vignettes
** testing if installed package can be loaded from temporary location
sh: rm: command not found
sh: mv: command not found
Warning in system(paste("mv -f", shQuote(instdir), shQuote(dirname(final_instdir)))) :
error in running command
ERROR: moving to final location failed
sh: rm: command not found
The downloaded source packages are in
‘/private/var/folders/82/x9hk21dx19jfp44kk7njvcqc0000gn/T/RtmpQAF98w/downloaded_packages’
Warning message:
In install.packages(...) :
installation of package ‘SummarizedExperiment’ had non-zero exit status
sessionInfo()
R version 4.0.0 (2020-04-24)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin17.0 (64-bit)
Matrix products: default
BLAS: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.0/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] BiocManager_1.30.10 compiler_4.0.0 tools_4.0.0
I don't have a mac, but this forum post says you might need xcode?
https://community.rstudio.com/t/cannot-install-package-error-sh-rm-command-not-found/34133
Try googling around with your specific errors like:
Thanks. I had full Xcode installed. I also installed xcode-select , per the post you linked to, then rebooted. Alas, did not fix it.
The googling mostly leads to people who have done something silly like
sudo /bin/rm /bin/rmor messed up their path with a strange .bash_profile, which wasn't me! Normal shell commands still work on my device. It's just the install process from R that has issues.
It does indeed seem strange. I'd try to reproduce this in a simpler context, e.g.,
XCode should not been needed for binary package installation.
Thanks,
The tests you suggested all work fine in my R console. But the installation attempt still gives same errors for 'SummarizedExperiment' attempted installation.