Problem installing bioconductor package 'sesameData' (R 4.0, Bioc 3.12)

Question

[mario.red8976]

Hi! In these days I was repeting some old analysis with TCGAbiolinks package, and I wanted to perform the starburst analysis, but when I call the specific function, it asks me to install the package "sesameData". I tried to install this package many times from bioconductor, or supplying a link to the package by myself, but the ending is always the same: I get to a certain point and then R don't go further, till I have to stop it and abort the installation. I can't understand why, but I need some help to understand what is going on with this package. This is the code I get:

installing *source* package 'sesameData' ...
using staged installation
R
inst
byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
help
installing help indices
converting help for package 'sesameData'
finding HTML links ... done
sesameDataCacheAll                      html  
sesameDataGet                           html  
sesameDataList                          html  
sesameDataListDates                     html  
building package indices
installing vignettes
testing if installed package can be loaded from temporary location

After this line, R stands still and even after 30 minutes its still blocked at this line. I tried to install TCGAbiolinks package from github repo but I get the same error.

On the github of sesameData package (https://github.com/zwdzwd/sesameData/issues/2), there is an issue open regarding this problem but still no answer. Did anyone found a way to solve it? Or anyone have an idea on how to do install this package??

Thank you!

[Ram]

I tried to install TCGAbiolinks package from github repo but I get the same error.

This seems to indicate that the problem is localized to your machine. Can you try installing it on a different machine? Sometimes, R can pop up a window in the background and wait forever for input in that window. Unless you look for (or chance upon) that window, you'd think R was stuck/hung. Maybe that's what's happening here? Try running the install again and check for weird windows opening up in the background.

[mario.red8976]

Hi! Thank you for your answer. There are no pop up windows unfortunately. I tried installing on an older machine and there it works, but with different R version (3.6) and bioconductor version (3.10 I think). On my Mac I am using R 4.0.3 and Bioconductor 3.12, but I don't understand why it doesn't work. I found other posts where people say that it is not working, but at the moment no solution. :(

[ATpoint]

Please post this at support.bioconductor.org which is the technical help forum for Bioc packages. When you do please include the full command line, full status/error log and output of sessionInfo().