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Manual Installation of the BMS Package in R

Package Binaries

BMS package binaries - Latest version 0.3.0

• Package source (for Linux, Mac): BMS_0.3.0.tar.gz
• Windows binary for R versions 2.5 to 2.9: BMS.zip
• Windows binary for R version 2.10 and above: BMS.zip
• R workspace with BMS functions (limited): BMS.RData

The following instructions show how to install the lasted build BMS package manually under four different configurations:

• Manual Installation under Windows
• Manual Installation under Linux / Unix
• Manual Installation under Mac OS
• Use BMS in Case Installation Fails

In most cases, BMS can be easily installed from the R console via CRAN. The options below apply to manual installation instead.

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Manual Installation under Windows

1. Download a BMS.zip to somewhere on your local disk, depending on your R version (find out my R version):
   • If you are running R version 2.10 or above (for instance, if you had installed R just now) then download the BMS.zip for R>= 2.10
   • If you are running an R version between 2.5 and 2.9.2, then download BMS.zip for R versions 2.5 to 2.9
2. Open the R-Gui (typically double-click the R icon on your desktop):
3. In the menu, click on Packages and select Install package(s) from local zip files...
4. Navigate to your local copy of BMS.zip and press Open.
5. BMS should be installed now - type the following (in R) to verify: First library(BMS) (wait for execution), then help(BMS).

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Manual Installation under Linux

1. Download the BMS_0.3.0.tar.gz tarball to somewhere on your local disk.
2. Open a console, and navigate to the folder containing BMS_0.3.0.tar.gz.
3. Type R CMD INSTALL BMS_0.3.0.tar.gz
   (Note: you probably need root privileges to do this - if you don't have these, consult the FAQ for a workaround)
4. BMS should be installed now - type the following in R to verify: First library(BMS) (wait for execution), then help(BMS).

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Manual Installation under Mac OS

1. Download the BMS_0.3.0.tar.gz tarball to somewhere on your local disk.
2. Open R
3. In the R menu, click on Packages & Data and select Install package(s) (or use the key combination Alt+Apple+I).
4. In the window that opens, select Local Package (Source) above and press the Install... button below.
5. Locate the file BMS_0.3.0.tar.gz on your machine.
6. Close and re-open R
7. BMS should be installed now - type the following in R to verify: First library(BMS) (wait for execution), then help(BMS).

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In Case BMS Installation Fails...

In some cases it might not be possible to install the BMS package, for instance if not enough user privileges exist on a shared machine.
In this case you might try to install a private library as described in the FAQ under "I cannot install BMS because I am lacking root privileges - I get a message like: 'is not writeable'".
Or you download the file BMS.RData to R's current directory and load it with load("BMS.RData"). This makes all functions available, however without the convenience of a package (e.g. no help files, etc.)