I installed the R-package from source code in a linux readhat 7.3. The program runs. The problem is when I tried to install (or update) new packages and libraries. The new install and libraries goes by default to folders that I have no access (I am not the unix/linux administrator) such as /usr/global/R-1.8.0/lib/R/library. After this problem, I re-installed the R-package making sure that the installation should go to my home directory (home/rlv10/r181/library). But after installing and running R, still the updates/installation of packages/libraries is send to the undesired folder (/usr/global/R-1.8.0/lib/R/library). Why is that? I asked my local unix/linux admistrators, they are still working on that and meanwhile I thought someone from the R group may know how to fix this problem. This is the error message: ********************************************************************** ** ********* > source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R") > getBioC(relLevel="release") Running getBioC version 1.2.46.... If you encounter problems, first make sure that you are running the latest version of getBioC() which can be found at: www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R Please direct any concerns or questions to bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch. Error in getBioC(relLevel = "release") : You do not have write access to /usr/global/R-1.8.0/lib/R/library Please check your permissions or provide a different 'destdir' parameter > *************************************************************** Perhaps a quick fix could be to add a different "destdir" in the command: > getBioC(relLevel="release") How to do that? Thanks in advance for the hand! Roger [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

> Perhaps a quick fix could be to add a different "destdir" in the > command: > > getBioC(relLevel="release") > How to do that? You're exactly right. getBioC(relLevel="release", destdir="dir you want the packages to go")

If you look at the code for getBioC, you will see that there is a variable you can pass called 'destdir'. If you simply change your function call to: getBioC("release",destdir="home/rlv10/r181/library") this should use the correct library path. HTH, Jim James W. MacDonald Affymetrix and cDNA Microarray Core University of Michigan Cancer Center 1500 E. Medical Center Drive 7410 CCGC Ann Arbor MI 48109 734-647-5623 >>> "Roger Vallejo" <rvallejo@psu.edu> 12/23/03 3:31 PM >>> I installed the R-package from source code in a linux readhat 7.3. The program runs. The problem is when I tried to install (or update) new packages and libraries. The new install and libraries goes by default to folders that I have no access (I am not the unix/linux administrator) such as /usr/global/R-1.8.0/lib/R/library. After this problem, I re-installed the R-package making sure that the installation should go to my home directory (home/rlv10/r181/library). But after installing and running R, still the updates/installation of packages/libraries is send to the undesired folder (/usr/global/R-1.8.0/lib/R/library). Why is that? I asked my local unix/linux admistrators, they are still working on that and meanwhile I thought someone from the R group may know how to fix this problem. This is the error message: ********************************************************************** ** ********* > source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R") > getBioC(relLevel="release") Running getBioC version 1.2.46.... If you encounter problems, first make sure that you are running the latest version of getBioC() which can be found at: www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R Please direct any concerns or questions to bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch. Error in getBioC(relLevel = "release") : You do not have write access to /usr/global/R-1.8.0/lib/R/library Please check your permissions or provide a different 'destdir' parameter > *************************************************************** Perhaps a quick fix could be to add a different "destdir" in the command: > getBioC(relLevel="release") How to do that? Thanks in advance for the hand! Roger [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioconductor mailing list Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor