Error installing muscat

[MJGGaray]

I used this command

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("muscat")

but every time I tried to install it I got this error:

Package which is only available in source form, and may need compilation of C/C++/Fortran: ‘scuttle’
Do you want to attempt to install these from sources? (Yes/no/cancel)

no matter if I say yes or no it doesn't work

[HelenaLC]

This is not related to muscat, but one of its dependencies. I am assuming BiocManager::install("scuttle") will also fail. When you say "no matter if I say yes or no it doesn't work", you should check what is causing scuttle to not install cleanly (and fix it); then reattempt installing muscat. As the error states, scuttle is only available from source. So depending on what OS you are using, you need to make sure you meet software requirements for compilation (e.g., here is some info for macs).