matchprobes and R 3.3

Question

[Ana Braga]

Hello I´m tried to install the package matchprobes in mac OS using the command source("https://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R") biocLite("matchprobes")

and I get the message

BioC_mirror: https://bioconductor.org Using Bioconductor 3.3 (BiocInstaller 1.22.3), R 3.3.0 (2016-05-03). Installing package(s) ‘matchprobes’ Warning message: package ‘matchprobes’ is not available (for R version 3.3.0)

Can you help me? Best regards Ana Braga

Answer 1

[TriS]

the package that you are trying to install is old (2009) and might not be maintained anymore or updated, therefore is not compatible with the version of R that you are using.

have a look here for further explanation

[ddiez]

In addition, searching for matchprobes leads to this old page where it indicates we have to use the Biostrings package instead.