OK, true confession time. I tend to leave my software well enough alone until I come up with a problem (as I just did). So, I was running R. 2.0.1 with what I thought was the most recent release of Bioconductor. I do regularly hit the "update packages" button. I have been installing Bioconductor by installing R (on Windows) using the pulldown menu to "install packages" Hexbin was in the "Install packages from Bioconductor" menu. But that was the wrong version, so I went to the Bioconductor website, and tracked down the developer version of hexbin, which requires R 2.1.0. I just upgraded to R 2.1.1. Without starting over, it is hard to see what comes automatically with hexbin, as I have already downloaded all the relevant bits and pieces. All I can say in my defense is that I do try to respond to more bioconductor questions than I pose, to even the score a bit. Thanks everyone for your assistance. I guess I had better reinstall all the Bioconductor software that I use to ensure I have the latest release. --Naomi At 09:55 AM 7/19/2005, Martin Maechler wrote: > >>>>> "JimMcD" == James MacDonald <jmacdon at="" med.umich.edu=""> > >>>>> on Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:23:19 -0400 writes: > > JimMcD> library(reposTools) > JimMcD> install.packages2("colorspace") > > JimMcD> HTH, > > JimMcD> Jim > > JimMcD> Also, if you are using the devel version you will probably > need to be > JimMcD> running R-2.2.0 > >but really the grid-based hexbin is in the current Bioconductor >(1.6), at least for me, >so I am a little perplexed why Naomi first needs to download it. > >I guess, Naomi, you somehow managed to keep an old version of >hexbin around? It may be because getBioC() has changed and >doesn't install "hexbin" anymore AFAIK, unless you explicitly >ask for > getBioC("hexbin", lib = ...., destdir = ....) > >the need of which I had been wondering about as well.. > >Also --- probably more a question to the bioconductor-release- managers : >if you had used the above getBioC(..) shouldn't you have gotten >"hexbin" *plus* all the packages it depends on, i.e., in your >case "colorspace" as well? >Naomi, can you tell us *how* you've installed hexbin? > >Regards, >Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich > > >>>> Naomi Altman <naomi at="" stat.psu.edu=""> 7/18/2005 3:15:30 PM >>> > > Naomi> I downloaded hexbin from the developer site, since the release > version > Naomi> says > Naomi> to do so. > > Naomi> But I then get the following message: > > >> library(hexbin) > Naomi> Loading required package: grid > Naomi> Loading required package: colorspace > Naomi> Error: package 'colorspace' could not be loaded > Naomi> In addition: Warning message: > Naomi> there is no package called 'colorspace' in: library(pkg, > character.only > Naomi> = TRUE, logical = TRUE, lib.loc = lib.loc) > > Naomi> I thought this might be a version problem, so I also > Naomi> reinstalled the most recent version of R - but to no > Naomi> avail. I have not been able to locate colorspace. > > Naomi> As always, any assistance would be most appreciated. Naomi S. Altman 814-865-3791 (voice) Associate Professor Bioinformatics Consulting Center Dept. of Statistics 814-863-7114 (fax) Penn State University 814-865-1348 (Statistics) University Park, PA 16802-2111