[BioC] Wow, what have I done

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Hi Loren,

Loren Engrav wrote:
[...]
> 1) does the biocLite method of packages work with R64bit

Like for the CRAN packages, Bioconductor universal binary packages work for
the i386 and ppc archs only. So if you start R in 64-bit mode (with --arch=x86_64
or --arch=ppc64), you will be able to install the universal binary with biocLite()
but you won't be able to load it:

  > library(Biostrings)
  Error: package 'Biostrings' is not installed for 'arch=x86_64'

So what you need to do is install from source. Either with:

  options(pkgType="source")

or with

  biocLite("Biostrings", type="source")

Cheers,
H.