Unable to download packages from Bioconductor
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Aryan ▴ 10
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Warning: unable to access index for repository https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/bioc/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2:
  cannot open URL 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/bioc/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2/PACKAGES'

I get the above error when I try to install packages using BiocManager. I am not sure why it is happening. I am on a Mac M1 and my Rprofile is blank, if that matters. I am running R 4.2.0. I tried to change my CRAN Mirror (to "0"), but I haven't tried anything else. My entire code and error message is as follows:

  > BiocManager::install(c('BiocGenerics', 'DelayedArray', 'DelayedMatrixStats',
+                        'limma', 'lme4', 'S4Vectors', 'SingleCellExperiment',
+                        'SummarizedExperiment', 'batchelor', 'Matrix.utils',
+                        'HDF5Array', 'terra', 'ggrastr'))

'getOption("repos")' replaces Bioconductor standard repositories, see '?repositories' for details

replacement repositories:
    CRAN: http://cran.rstudio.com/

Bioconductor version 3.15 (BiocManager 1.30.18), R 4.2.0 (2022-04-22)
Installing package(s) 'BiocGenerics', 'DelayedArray', 'DelayedMatrixStats', 'S4Vectors',
  'SingleCellExperiment', 'SummarizedExperiment', 'batchelor', 'HDF5Array'
also installing the dependencies ‘XVector’, ‘IRanges’, ‘GenomicRanges’, ‘Biobase’, ‘GenomeInfoDb’, ‘BiocNeighbors’, ‘BiocSingular’, ‘scuttle’, ‘ResidualMatrix’, ‘ScaledMatrix’, ‘beachmat’, ‘rhdf5’, ‘rhdf5filters’

Warning: unable to access index for repository https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/bioc/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2:
  cannot open URL 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/bioc/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2/PACKAGES'
Warning: unable to access index for repository https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/data/annotation/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2:
  cannot open URL 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/data/annotation/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2/PACKAGES'
Warning: unable to access index for repository https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/data/experiment/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2:
  cannot open URL 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/data/experiment/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2/PACKAGES'
Warning: unable to access index for repository https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/workflows/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2:
  cannot open URL 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/workflows/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2/PACKAGES'
Warning: unable to access index for repository https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/books/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2:
  cannot open URL 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.15/books/bin/macosx/big-sur-arm64/contrib/4.2/PACKAGES'
Packages which are only available in source form, and may need compilation of
  C/C++/Fortran: ‘XVector’ ‘IRanges’ ‘GenomicRanges’ ‘Biobase’ ‘BiocNeighbors’
  ‘BiocSingular’ ‘scuttle’ ‘beachmat’ ‘rhdf5’ ‘rhdf5filters’ ‘DelayedArray’ ‘S4Vectors’
  ‘batchelor’ ‘HDF5Array’
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@lluis-revilla-sancho
Last seen 10 days ago
European Union

I think the problems comes from Bioconductor not providing big-sur-arm64 binaries yet. You could install from source as BiocManager::install(c('BiocGenerics', 'DelayedArray', 'DelayedMatrixStats','limma', 'lme4', 'S4Vectors', 'SingleCellExperiment', 'SummarizedExperiment', 'batchelor', 'Matrix.utils', 'HDF5Array', 'terra', 'ggrastr'), type = "source").

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Yes! After much searching of the issue, using type = "source" worked for me! Thank you so so much!! You have saved me so much time my friend!! :)

I think you are right that Bioconductor not providing big-sur-arm64 binaries yet because I am using a Mac computer with an M1 chip and big-sur-arm64 and none of the other troubleshooting methods I tried solved the issue for me.

Thank you again!

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Glad it helped! I think soon, this or next release, bioconductor will be able to provide binaries.

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I have the same problem on Mac with an Apple M1 chip. Using type = "source" worked for me for only some of the packages above, such as 'BiocGenerics'. However, most others failed, such as 'DelayedArray', 'SingleCellExperiment', 'SummarizedExperiment'

I also tried to install other packages (Biobase, IRanges, GenomicRanges) in this way but failed. I think we have to wait until next Bioconductor release for the complete resolution of this problem. Currently, I am switching back to an Intel based Mac now.

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a_d_ho • 0
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Last seen 3 months ago
Germany

I have the same problem after changing from a MAC-Mini to MAC-Studio with an M1 chip. Using "type = "source" in addition, however, has not been able to resolve the problem for me. The following warning came up:

Bioconductor version 3.15 (BiocManager 1.30.18), R 4.2.1 (2022-06-23) Installing package(s) 'Matrix.utils' Warnmeldungen: 1: package(s) not installed when version(s) same as current; use force = TRUE to re-install: 'BiocGenerics' 'DelayedArray' 'DelayedMatrixStats' 'limma' 'lme4' 'S4Vectors' 'SingleCellExperiment' 'SummarizedExperiment' 'batchelor' 'HDF5Array' 'terra' 'ggrastr' 2: package ‘Matrix.utils’ is not available for Bioconductor version '3.15'

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It is not clear if installing from source didn't work or not: a warning doesn't prevent you to install the packages. The error(?) about Matrix.utils is because it is/was removed from CRAN.

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