Body: <p>I was perfectly using <code>bioMart</code>, but it gave an error, I went ahead trying to follow the following <a href="https://support.bioconductor.org/p/104194/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">thread</a>.</p>
  
  <p>And there were some issues with <code>BiocInstaller::biocLite('grimbough/biomaRt')</code>, namely, I needed to install <code>biocLite("remotes")</code> and then follow the <a href="https://thecoatlessprofessor.com/programming/rcpp-rcpparmadillo-and-os-x-mavericks--lgfortran-and--lquadmath-error/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">link</a> to solve <code>lgfortran error</code>.</p>
  
  <p>After doing all of that and successfully running <code>BiocInstaller::biocLite('grimbough/biomaRt')</code> I still got the same error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error in checkDataset(dataset = dataset, mart = mart) : 
      The given dataset:  mmusculus_gene_ensembl , is not valid.  Correct dataset names can be obtained with the listDatasets() function.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I am using <code>MacOS High Sierra</code>. </p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; sessionInfo()
  R version 3.5.0 (2018-04-23)
  Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
  Running under: macOS High Sierra 10.13.4
  
  Matrix products: default
  BLAS: 
   /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
  LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
  
  locale:
  [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
  
  attached base packages:
  [1] parallel  stats4    stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
  
  other attached packages ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Comments.Text: What was the first bioMart error, and how did you get that error? Why did you install the github (development) version of the package instead of the one in Bioconductor?
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Comments.Text: I am not sure why it stopped working, some temporary issue with `biomaRt`, maybe... I switched back to just `biocLite()` installation and it started to work. It would still be interesting to make the development version work.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Nikita Vlasenko
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Comments.Text: Try posting the problem on Bioconductor support site https://support.bioconductor.org/.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Ammar Sabir Cheema
Tags: <r><biomart>
Title: Error in checkDataset, The given dataset: mmusculus_gene_ensembl , is not valid
ThreadText: # Error in checkDataset, The given dataset: mmusculus_gene_ensembl , is not valid
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-11)
  
  I was perfectly using `bioMart`, but it gave an error, I went ahead trying to follow the following [thread](https://support.bioconductor.org/p/104194/).
  
  And there were some issues with `BiocInstaller::biocLite('grimbough/biomaRt')`, namely, I needed to install `biocLite("remotes")` and then follow the [link](https://thecoatlessprofessor.com/programming/rcpp-rcpparmadillo-and-os-x-mavericks--lgfortran-and--lquadmath-error/) to solve `lgfortran error`.
  
  After doing all of that and successfully running `BiocInstaller::biocLite('grimbough/biomaRt')` I still got the same error:
  
  > Error in checkDataset(dataset = dataset, mart = mart) :
  > The given dataset: mmusculus\_gene\_ensembl , is not valid. Correct dataset names can be obtained with the listDatasets() function.
  
  I am using `MacOS High Sierra`.
  
  ```
  > sessionInfo()
  R version 3.5.0 (2018-04-23)
  Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
  Running under: macOS High Sierra 10.13.4
  
  Matrix products: default
  BLAS: 
   /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
  LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
  
  locale:
  [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
  
  attached base packages:
  [1] parallel  stats4    stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
  
  other attached packages ...
  
  ```
  
  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
  
  **Tags:** r, biomart
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What was the first bioMart error, and how did you get that error? Why did you install the github (development) version of the package instead of the one in Bioconductor?  
  > **username_0**: I am not sure why it stopped working, some temporary issue with `biomaRt`, maybe... I switched back to just `biocLite()` installation and it started to work. It would still be interesting to make the development version work.  
  > **username_2**: Try posting the problem on Bioconductor support site https://support.bioconductor.org/.  
  
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