Re: [Bioc-devel] BiocManager and local Bioconductor mirror

2018-11-08 Thread Martin Morgan
Let's continue this on github at https://github.com/Bioconductor/BiocManager/issues/31 On 11/8/18, 6:31 AM, "Martin Morgan" wrote: I'm not sure why this does not work. The key is BiocManager::repositories(), which determines the repositories where R looks for packages. R choose

Re: [Bioc-devel] BiocManager and local Bioconductor mirror

2018-11-08 Thread Martin Morgan
I'm not sure why this does not work. The key is BiocManager::repositories(), which determines the repositories where R looks for packages. R choose the first repository where it finds the package (maybe of equivalent version, not exactly sure...). The first argument to repositories() can be a

[Bioc-devel] BiocManager and local Bioconductor mirror

2018-11-08 Thread Rainer Johannes
Dear all, I like the new BiocManager package with its new possibilities to install specific versions of Bioconductor - but what I miss is the possibility to specify a local Bioconductor mirror from which to install packages. Our calculation clusters don't have direct internet access, so I am