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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioconductor mailing list >> Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >> Search the archives: >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >> >> thank you man :) that is really easy and it worked fine. goodnight paul [[alternative HTML version deleted]]