Hi Dan I just tried to install packages using "biocLite" for my Mac computer. When I ran biocLite(), it returns the following error: 'BiocInstaller' package not in repository http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.12/bioc, using ' http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.12/bioc' Error: 'BiocInstaller' package not in repository http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.12/bioc After I traced the error, I found it is because "contrib.url" function returns a non-existing web link: contrib.url("http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.12/bioc") "http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.12/bioc/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib /3.0" Here is my sessionInfo(): R Under development (unstable) (2013-02-12 r61904) Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit) 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 other attached packages: [1] BiocInstaller_1.10.0 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] tools_3.0.0 Thanks! Pan [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Pan Du <dupan.mail at="" gmail.com=""> wrote: > Hi Dan > > I just tried to install packages using "biocLite" for my Mac computer. When > I ran biocLite(), it returns the following error: > > 'BiocInstaller' package not in repository > http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.12/bioc, using > 'http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.12/bioc' > Error: 'BiocInstaller' package not in repository > http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.12/bioc > > After I traced the error, I found it is because "contrib.url" function > returns a non-existing web link: > > contrib.url("http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.12/bioc") > "http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.12/bioc/bin/macosx/leopard/contr ib/3.0" > > You need to update to the release version of R 3.0.0. The contrib.url has changed. Dan > Here is my sessionInfo(): > > R Under development (unstable) (2013-02-12 r61904) > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit) > > 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 > > other attached packages: > [1] BiocInstaller_1.10.0 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] tools_3.0.0 > > > Thanks! > > Pan