##First install all standard R packages. If you don't want them all, you want to pass a different vector ##of package names. newpackz <- new.packages(); install.packages(newpackz,dependencies=TRUE) ##Now install bioconductor. This script is not publicly available through the bioconductor site; ##you need to read the getBioC code provided publicly and figure out the "all" option. source("http://bioconductor.org/installScripts/2.4/biocinstall.R") biocinstall(groupName="all") ##Now update all packages update.packages(ask=FALSE)