Packages tab: installing packages

Red text is not necessarily a sign of doom

When you install packages, R prints a lot of red text in the console. That’s perfectly normal: in most cases it’s just information e.g. which zip files did he download, where did he store the files… Only when the red text explicitly says Error you should be worried.

Issues when installing Bioconductor packages

Bioconductor packages are harder to install than regular R packages. Check out the video to see what to do when:

  • you get a Permission denied error: run RStudio as administrator
  • R asks if you want to install from source: on Windows make sure you have RTools installed

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