some errors

Hi Kasper,

1) In the "Preferences/Startup" menu, there is a spelling mistake:  
the option "Add $HOME/R/Library" should be "Add $HOME/Library/R" (I  
guess).

Thanks.

2) I tried installing Bioconductor binaries using the package menu. I

Stefano answered this one ... I hope to fix it in one of the next  
nightly builds ...

3) Could it be that R does not read environment variables when started
on the terminal.

Reading ~/.profile is the task of the shell, not R, and AFAIR by  
definition it's used for login shells only. ~/.Renviron works for me  
(tested with ESS 5.2.8) - make sure the directory you specify in  
R_LIBS exists, otherwise it will be silently discarded by R.

Cheers,
Simon