Hi, I tried to install Bioconductor (1.1) in R for windows version 1.6.2, using getBioC(), but I got the following error message: --------------------------------------------------------------- > getBioC() Running getBioC version 1.2.19.... 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. [1] "Getting/installing packages reposTools and Biobase" Error in upDatePkgs(repository, PLATFORM, isDevel, version, DESTDIR) : Could not get the required package - reposTools ------------------------------------------------------------- I have tried quite a few other variations, like getBioC("all",force=TRUE), but they didn't make any difference. I notice on the Bioconductor website, that there is no Win32 binary package for reposTools available to donwload. I could download the source, run Rcmd build and then try "Install Package from ZIP file" in R, but surely this shouldn't be necessary. Last time I installed Bioconductor (for R 1.6.1), I just downloaded each ZIP file individually and did "install from ZIP", which seemd to work OK. So it's tempting to just copy the Bioconductor subdirectories across from the library subdirectory of my R 1.6.1 installation (which I still have), but obviously it would be nicer to be able install them with getBioC() or equivalent. Regards, James ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- James Wettenhall Tel: (+61 3) 9345 2629 Division of Genetics and Bioinformatics Fax: (+61 3) 9347 0852 The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute E-mail: wettenhall@wehi.edu.au of Medical Research, Mobile: (+61 / 0 ) 438 527 921 1G Royal Parade, Parkville, Vic 3050, Australia http://www.wehi.edu.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----

> I notice on the Bioconductor website, that there is no Win32 > binary package for reposTools available to donwload. I could > download the source, run Rcmd build and then try "Install > Package from ZIP file" in R, but surely this shouldn't be > necessary. Yes, there seems to be something wrong with our Win32 builds - I've not had access to a Windows machine to check out what is happening here, but will tommorow. This should be resolved tommorow. -J