
1. Download and install a recent R version from http://www.r-project.org

2. Start R and execute on the R command line:

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## download Bioconductor installation script
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source("http://www.bioconductor.org/getBioC.R")

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## download and install Bioconductor packages 
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## for the latest versions you may use the argument: develOK=TRUE 
## (note: this may take a while)

getBioC(libName="exprs") 

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## download and install arrayMagic 
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library(reposTools)
##install.packages2(pkgs="arrayMagic") ## or the latest version via
install.packages2(pkgs="arrayMagic", develOK=TRUE) 

## or alternatively 
## on Unix via R CMD INSTALL arrayMagic.tar.gz on the command line
## on Windows via menu item "Packages" -> "Install package(s) from local zip file" 
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## load package
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library(arrayMagic)

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## start your analysis after reading the vignette via
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setwd("myWorkingDirectoryWhichContainsMyScript")
source("yourRScript.R")

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## start general and package help pages in browser via
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help.start()

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## or open all loaded package vignettes via
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openVignette()
