These instructions work fine if one uses asreml-R in a Terminal window or if one uses a text editor (emacs + ESS, VIM + VIM-R, Textmate + R + R console bundles, etc). The number willĭYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/Users/lap44/Library/R/2.13/library/asreml/libs # under Applications, together with the consoleĪSREML_LICENSE_FILE=/Applications/asreml3/bin/asreml.lic # Location of license file, usually installed Installation in OS X is not particularly complicated (just follow the instructions in this PDF file) and remember to add and export the following environment variables in your. Well, there are asreml-R versions for Windows, Linux and OS X unsurprisingly, I use the latter. Ten-trait multivariate mixed model with a pedigree, anyone? I thought so.
(I’ll write about some of them very soon)Īnyhow, as I have pointed out in repeated occasions, I prefer asreml-R for mixed model analyses because I run out of functionality with nlme and lme4 very quickly. December and January were crazy months, with a lot of travel and suddenly I found myself in February working in four parallel projects involving quantitative genetics data analyses.