Hi, I am trying to install meta packages on Unix, so I have downloaded the "source" link to my unix directory and then to the R-2.0.1/library directory. So then how to install the hgu133plus2cdf.tar.tar file using the command line in R? I would appreciate your help. Thanks, Lana [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 04:17:20PM -0800, Lana Schaffer wrote: > I am trying to install meta packages on Unix, so I have downloaded the > "source" link to my unix directory So far, so good. > and then to the R-2.0.1/library directory. You should have to put things in that directory manually. R takes care of putting packages there during the install process. In general, if you download a source package in tar.gz format, you can try the following to install it: R CMD INSTALL path/to/some/pkg.tar.gz + seth