The BiocManager package, as the modern successor package to
BiocInstaller, allows users to install and manage packages from the
Bioconductor project. Bioconductor focuses
on the statistical analysis and comprehension of high-throughput genomic
data.
Current Bioconductor packages are available on a ‘release’ version
intended for every-day use, and a ‘devel’ version where new features are
continually introduced. A new release version is created every six
months. Using the BiocManager package helps users accurately install
packages from the appropriate release.
available()shows all packages associated with a search patterninstall()installs and/or updates packages either CRAN or Bioconductorrepositories()shows all package repository URL endpointsvalid()checks and returns packages that are out-of-date or too newversion()returns the current Bioconductor version number
if (!requireNamespace("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
install.packages("BiocManager")BiocManager::version()
#> [1] '3.15'BiocManager::install(c("GenomicRanges", "SummarizedExperiment"))BiocManager::valid()
#> [1] TRUEPlease see the package vignette for more detailed information such as changing Bioconductor version, offline use, and other advanced usage.
To report apparent bugs, create a minimal and reproducible example on GitHub.