[BioC] [R] issue with graph package in using RBGL -‘'graph' is not a valid installed package’"

[joe j]

Thank you very much Dan, Uwe and Duncan. First suggestion by Dan
itself worked so I didn't have to try the other ones. But those
 suggestions and comments are of much value and are appreciated.

 Regards,
Joe
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Duncan Murdoch
> <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 11/05/2011 10:51 AM, joe j wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I am trying to run the function "lambdaSets" using the package "RBGL".
>>> This package uses another package "graph" which has been removed from
>>> the CRAN repository, but is available at the archive
>>> (http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/graph/).
>>>
>>> I installed the package from the R menu at "install packages from
>>> local zip files" (after downloading the "graph_1.30.0.tar.gz" file,
>>> unzipping it and making it a zip file; gz is not recognized by R.). I
>>> get no warning here so I assumed installation went well. However, when
>>> I type "require(RBGL)" I get the error message that: "Failed with
>>> error:  ‘'graph' is not a valid installed package’".
>>
>> Installing a package is not that simple.  R does various processing when
>> taking the source tar.gz file and producing the binary image that it puts in
>> the .zip.  You would need to run
>>
>> R CMD INSTALL graph_1.30.0.tar.gz
>>
>> to do the install, but you probably don't have the tools installed to get
>> this to work.
>>
>> However, graph is available on the Bioconductor web site, so if you select
>> "BioC software" as a repository selection, the regular menu entry for
>> installing packages should work.  I just tested it on Windows, which I
>> assume you're using (since other platforms don't use .zip).
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
>>> I am using R version 2.12.2 (2011-2-25). I am a new user so your
>>> advice would be of great help.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Joe
>>>
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