Hi I am running R 1.7.1 on Windows XP. I start up with RGui.exe --internet2 so that it picks up my IE proxy settings I type: source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R") getBioC() and the installation begins. It downloads reposTools and starts to install it. I get the message: [1] "Installing reposTools ..." Creating a new generic function for "summary" in package reposTools and then R just hangs... I get a "Not Responding" message in Windows Task Manager and it stays this way for a very long time until I have to stop the process. So I tried a different way - download ALL of Bioconductor from the website. However, this only comes as a .tar.gz file and I don't know how to install a .tar.gz file to the windows version of R, as this version normally takes .zip files. SO apart from individually downloading ALL packages seperately, how do I get all of Bioconductor on R for Windows??? Thanks Michael Watson Head of Informatics Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 7NN UK Phone : +44 (0)1635 578411 ext. 2535 Mobile: +44 (0)7764 490236 E-mail: michael.watson@bbsrc.ac.uk

If you have to install packages individually, go to the Bioconductor website, then click on either Release packages or Developmental packages in the left hand frame. This will open up a listing of all the packages. If you click on the ones you want, there will be links for the Win32 version. Download whichever ones you want and then install using 'Install from local zip file...'. HTH, Jim James W. MacDonald Affymetrix and cDNA Microarray Core University of Michigan Cancer Center 1500 E. Medical Center Drive 7410 CCGC Ann Arbor MI 48109 734-647-5623 >>> "michael watson (IAH-C)" <michael.watson@bbsrc.ac.uk> 07/18/03 05:59AM >>> Hi I am running R 1.7.1 on Windows XP. I start up with RGui.exe --internet2 so that it picks up my IE proxy settings I type: source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R") getBioC() and the installation begins. It downloads reposTools and starts to install it. I get the message: [1] "Installing reposTools ..." Creating a new generic function for "summary" in package reposTools and then R just hangs... I get a "Not Responding" message in Windows Task Manager and it stays this way for a very long time until I have to stop the process. So I tried a different way - download ALL of Bioconductor from the website. However, this only comes as a .tar.gz file and I don't know how to install a .tar.gz file to the windows version of R, as this version normally takes .zip files. SO apart from individually downloading ALL packages seperately, how do I get all of Bioconductor on R for Windows??? Thanks Michael Watson Head of Informatics Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 7NN UK Phone : +44 (0)1635 578411 ext. 2535 Mobile: +44 (0)7764 490236 E-mail: michael.watson@bbsrc.ac.uk _______________________________________________ Bioconductor mailing list Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor

I tried the same thing on the same platform, and thought it hung as well. However, after leaving it alone for over an hour, it apparently is doing the installation, just taking a long time. I have no idea why it takes so long. (It still hasn't finished: It's now at Ruuid.) (I did get warnings about the packages being built for 1.7.0. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.) Andy > From: michael watson (IAH-C) [mailto:michael.watson@bbsrc.ac.uk] > > Hi > > I am running R 1.7.1 on Windows XP. > > I start up with RGui.exe --internet2 so that it picks up my > IE proxy settings > > I type: > > source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R") > getBioC() > > and the installation begins. > > It downloads reposTools and starts to install it. > > I get the message: > [1] "Installing reposTools ..." > Creating a new generic function for "summary" in package reposTools > > and then R just hangs... I get a "Not Responding" message in > Windows Task Manager and it stays this way for a very long > time until I have to stop the process. > > So I tried a different way - download ALL of Bioconductor > from the website. However, this only comes as a .tar.gz file > and I don't know how to install a .tar.gz file to the windows > version of R, as this version normally takes .zip files. > > SO apart from individually downloading ALL packages > seperately, how do I get all of Bioconductor on R for Windows??? > > Thanks > > Michael Watson > Head of Informatics > Institute for Animal Health, > Compton Laboratory, > Compton, > Newbury, > Berkshire RG20 7NN > UK > > Phone : +44 (0)1635 578411 ext. 2535 > Mobile: +44 (0)7764 490236 > E-mail: michael.watson@bbsrc.ac.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo> /bioconductor > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, ...{{dropped}}

> From: Jeff Gentry [mailto:jgentry@jimmy.harvard.edu] > > > I tried the same thing on the same platform, and thought it hung as > > well. However, after leaving it alone for over an hour, it > apparently > > is doing the installation, just taking a long time. I have no idea > > why it takes so long. (It still hasn't finished: It's now > at Ruuid.) > > I too have no idea why it would be taking so long. What sort > of machine are you running on? IBM Thinkpad T22 (PIII-933MHz, 512MB RAM), XP Pro. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, ...{{dropped}}