Hi, I am trying to install Bioconductor. I typed > source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R") and > getBioC() I get the following message: ---------------------------------------------- Running getBioC version 1.2.52.... 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] "Installing reposTools ..." Error in download.file(sourceUrl, fileName, mode = getMode(platform), : cannot open destfile `C:/PROGRA~1/R/rw1081/library/reposTools_1.3.6.zip' ---------------------------------------------- I have no permission to write on rw1081. Could that be the reason? What can I do? Thank you very much Eneas Aguirre von Wobeser Department of Aquatic Microbiology Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Faculty of Science University of Amsterdam Nieuwe Achtergracht 166 NL-1018WV Amsterdam Netherlands Phone: +31-(0)20-525-6027

> I have no permission to write on rw1081. Could that be the reason? What can > I do? See the parameter 'destdir' for getBioC, and use it to direct the output to a directory that you have access to.