[BioC] Installing Biocondutor under Debian r

[Sundaram, Shyam (NIH/CIT)]

Johannnes:
You can specify the directory of the lib installation in the "l" parameter
of R CMD INSTALL.
An example is :

R CMD INSTALL -l /xx/yy/zz <Downloaded Bioconductor>

Did u try the above method of installation. THis also applies to any R
library.

Hope this helps.

Shyam

-----Original Message-----
From: Johannes Husig
To: bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch
Sent: 11/29/2002 9:41 AM
Subject: [BioC] Installing Biocondutor under Debian  r

Cheers,

after installing Bioconductor on my Debian system I was
surprised to see that the new files were installed in
the /usr/lib/R tree. 

Under Debian, this is considered offensive behaviour.
Debian assumes that the /usr tree (save /usr/local) is
only touched by the distribution, and that non-distributional
packages are to be installed in the /usr/local tree. 

So people who use Debian and related distributions should
be advised to change the paths according to their system.

Many things run automatically under Bioconductor so sometimes
users are tempted to perform things that are not in line with
the philosophy of the underlying system.

Greetings


Johannes

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