# Recommended way of installing dsModellingClient etc in v5

**URL:** <https://datashield.discourse.group/t/recommended-way-of-installing-dsmodellingclient-etc-in-v5/135>\
**Category:** Analyst Support\
**Created:** [29 October 2019 13:11 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/recommended-way-of-installing-dsmodellingclient-etc-in-v5/135 "2019-10-29T13:11:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![stefan.lenz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@stefan.lenz](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/stefan.lenz)\
**Post date:** [29 October 2019 13:11 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/recommended-way-of-installing-dsmodellingclient-etc-in-v5/135/1 "2019-10-29T13:11:10Z")

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Hi!

I am just in the process of setting up a new server as a DataSHIELD client with version 5 and have successfully installed the `dsBaseClient` via

```auto
install.packages("dsBaseClient", repos="http://cran.obiba.org", type="source")

```

When I try the same with the other packages, e. g. `dsModellingClient`, I get the message:

**package ‘dsModellingClient’ is not available (for R version 3.5.2)**

Then I checked the OBiBa CRAN and it is indeed not there: [https://github.com/obiba/cran/tree/gh-pages/src/contrib](https://github.com/obiba/cran/tree/gh-pages/src/contrib)

Is it now only possible to install the other DataSHIELD packages via devtools?

Here it says that both ways should work: [https://data2knowledge.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DSDEV/pages/659652609/Version+5.0.0](https://data2knowledge.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DSDEV/pages/659652609/Version+5.0.0)

EDIT: Now I checked the R help of `dsBaseClient`. It seems like the other packages are now integrated in `dsBaseClient`?

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**Author:** ![yannick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/datashield.discourse.group/yannick/32/19_2.png) [@yannick](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/yannick)\
**Post date:** [29 October 2019 14:15 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/recommended-way-of-installing-dsmodellingclient-etc-in-v5/135/2 "2019-10-29T14:15:38Z")

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Hi,

All the ds\*Client packages (dsModellingClient, dsGraphicsClient etc.) have been merged into dsBaseClient (since version 5). Same thing for the server side packages. To avoid conflicts, these legacy packages have been removed from [cran.obiba.org](http://cran.obiba.org).

Yannick

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**Author:** ![stefan.lenz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@stefan.lenz](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/stefan.lenz)\
**Post date:** [31 October 2019 09:06 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/recommended-way-of-installing-dsmodellingclient-etc-in-v5/135/3 "2019-10-31T09:06:12Z")

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Thank you for clarifying!

Just a suggestion: maybe this could also be stated explicitly in the description of Version 5.0 [https://data2knowledge.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DSDEV/pages/659652609/Version+5.0.0](https://data2knowledge.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DSDEV/pages/659652609/Version+5.0.0)? Maybe I am not the only one that is confused when upgrading from 4 to 5.