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Unable to locate R packages on Bio-linux

Dear all,

This is my first trying to install R packages on Bio-linux.

I have tried "install.packages(packagename)", "apt-get install packagename" and other methods but I could not install the packages.

When I tried "apt-get install packagename", I got the error message:"unable to locate package".

Can any one guide me how to solve this problem?

Thank you in advance

Nazanin

r packages bio-linux
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written by nazaninhoseinkhan nazaninhoseinkhan

Not really a bioinformatics question. Have you tired 

install.packages("packagename")

(note the quotes) ?

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written by Jean-Karim Heriche Jean-Karim Heriche

Yes, I tested all this commands, but non did work

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written by nazaninhoseinkhan nazaninhoseinkhan

Just so a basic assumption is clear, you're running the source() from within R, right? apt-get is run from the shell, the function calls above happen in R.

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written by Ram Ram

Which package in particular? R packages may be available at a number of sources, and install method will be different in each case.

In Debian and Ubuntu, CRAN and BioConductor packages are named (when available at the distro repository) r-cran-packagename or r-bioc-packagename, so you would need:

apt-get install r-cran-packagename
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written by h.mon h.mon

Hi, When I write apt-get install r-cran-gcrma or apt-get install r-bioc-packagename, I get this error message: unexpected symbol in apt-get install

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written by nazaninhoseinkhan nazaninhoseinkhan

Hello nazaninhoseinkhan!

We believe that this post does not fit the main topic of this site.

This is R and linux. Please search StackOverflow

For this reason we have closed your question. This allows us to keep the site focused on the topics that the community can help with.

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written by Ram Ram

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