KewalinSamart / CDFpackages_installation

Installing multiple CDF packages from BrainArray: http://brainarray.mbni.med.umich.edu/Brainarray/Database/CustomCDF/CDF_download.asp

CDFpackages_installation

installCDFpkgs_run.R

This is the script used to install CDF packages from BrainArray (http://brainarray.mbni.med.umich.edu/Brainarray/Database/CustomCDF/CDF_download.asp)

• args[1] is the path to the folder, namely mapping_genes, containing BrainArrayMapping_withGPL_version.csv
• args[2] is string indicating version of ENTREZG e.g. "25" (the latest version)
• args[3] is a comma separted list of organism name(s)we want the packages for e.g. "Mus musculus,Homo sapiens"

Example: downloading and installing CDF packages version 25 for human and mouse data

Rscript installCDFpkgs_run.R path/to/mapping_genes "25" "Mus musculus,Homo sapiens"

Note: all the arguments must be specified for the script to run