Hi, I have been trying to install miRBase db using the following command in R 3.0.2. source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R") biocLite("mirbase.db") But I am receiving the following error: Error in file (filename, "r", encoding = encoding): can not open connection In addition: Warning message: In file (filename, "r", encoding = encoding): can 'bioconductor.org' not dissolve > BiocLite () Error: Could function "biocLite" can not find I was wondering if there is problem to install the package. Thank you for your help. Kind regards, Shan -- output of sessionInfo(): R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) locale: [1] LC_COLLATE=German_Switzerland.1252 LC_CTYPE=German_Switzerland.1252 [3] LC_MONETARY=German_Switzerland.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C [5] LC_TIME=German_Switzerland.1252 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base other attached packages: [1] BiocInstaller_1.12.0 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] tools_3.0.2 -- Sent via the guest posting facility at bioconductor.org.

Hello Shan, ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shantanu Karkare [guest]" <guest at="" bioconductor.org=""> > To: bioconductor at r-project.org, "shan karkare" <shan_karkare at="" yahoo.com=""> > Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 4:56:34 AM > Subject: [BioC] miRBase > > > > Hi, > > I have been trying to install miRBase db using the following command > in R 3.0.2. > > source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R") > biocLite("mirbase.db") > > But I am receiving the following error: > > Error in file (filename, "r", encoding = encoding): > can not open connection > In addition: Warning message: > In file (filename, "r", encoding = encoding): > can 'bioconductor.org' not dissolve > > BiocLite () > Error: Could function "biocLite" can not find > I am guessing that you were not properly connected to the internet when giving these commands. Check your internet connection and try again. You might also try setInternet2(TRUE) This may help if you are behind a proxy or firewall. Dan > I was wondering if there is problem to install the package. > > Thank you for your help. > > Kind regards, > Shan > > -- output of sessionInfo(): > > R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) > Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) > > locale: > [1] LC_COLLATE=German_Switzerland.1252 > LC_CTYPE=German_Switzerland.1252 > [3] LC_MONETARY=German_Switzerland.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C > [5] LC_TIME=German_Switzerland.1252 > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > > other attached packages: > [1] BiocInstaller_1.12.0 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] tools_3.0.2 > > > -- > Sent via the guest posting facility at bioconductor.org. > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >

Hi, Thank you for your help. Kind regards, Shan On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 5:41 PM, Shantanu Karkare <shan_karkare@yahoo.com> wrote: On Monday, January 6, 2014 7:06 PM, Dan Tenenbaum <dtenenba@fhcrc.org> wrote: Hello Shan, ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shantanu Karkare [guest]" <guest@bioconductor.org> > To: bioconductor@r-project.org, "shan karkare" <shan_karkare@yahoo.com> > Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 4:56:34 AM > Subject: [BioC] miRBase > > > > Hi, > > I have been trying to install miRBase db using the following command > in R 3.0.2. > > source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R") > biocLite("mirbase.db") > > But I am receiving the following error: > > Error in file (filename, "r", encoding = encoding): >    can not open connection > In addition: Warning message: > In file (filename, "r", encoding = encoding): >    can 'bioconductor.org' not dissolve > > BiocLite () > Error: Could function "biocLite" can not find > I am guessing that you were not properly connected to the internet when giving these commands. Check your internet connection and try again. You might also try setInternet2(TRUE) This may help if you are behind a proxy or firewall. Dan > I was wondering if there is problem to install the package. > > Thank you for your help. > > Kind regards, > Shan > >  -- output of sessionInfo(): > > R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) > Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) > > locale: > [1] LC_COLLATE=German_Switzerland.1252 >  LC_CTYPE=German_Switzerland.1252 > [3] LC_MONETARY=German_Switzerland.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C > [5] LC_TIME=German_Switzerland.1252 > > attached base packages: > [1] stats    graphics  grDevices utils    datasets  methods  base > > other attached packages: > [1] BiocInstaller_1.12.0 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] tools_3.0.2 > > > -- > Sent via the guest posting facility at bioconductor.org. > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]