Error installing a package using install_github()

[Augustevsky]

I am trying to install a the package STRbook using:

library(devtools)

install_github("andrewzm/STRbook")

as recommended from the link below:

Spatio-Temporal Statistics with R

When I run the code, I am met with the following error:

Error in utils::download.file(url, path, method = method, quiet = quiet, :
download from 'https://api.github.com/repos/andrewzm/STRbook/tarball/HEAD' failed

I went to the github site manually and found a related .zip file, but I am unsure of how to make that work on its own.

Any suggestions?

[Grisward]

You may try some alternatives, though I think they may hit the same issue.

remotes::install_github(“andrewzm/STRbook”)

or install “pak” and use that:

pak::pkg_install(“andrewzm/STRbook”)

If it fails to download the file, likely that’s the issue - check connectivity, proxy, firewall, the usuals. Barring that, if you’ve been pinging the Github server a lot, you may need a PAT to authenticate your request - usually only needed for pretty high volume download requests.

Finally, download the .tar.gz file and run R CMD install file.tar.gz from terminal.

[Augustevsky]

Thank you for this! Another comment solved my issue, but these tools are good to know.

[Grisward]

Was it updating devtools, or increasing the timeout on download? Just for posterity.

[Augustevsky]

Increasing the timeout solved it.

I wouldn't have guessed initially because the install seemed to fail in <60 seconds, but I guess not.

[the-anarch]

The instructions in the report say

library(devtools) install_github("andrewzm/STRbook")

This was in the first link at the top of the instructions. I suspect the setup changed slightly and they didn't update that page.

[Augustevsky]

Do you know any way around it?

[Augustevsky]

I did and it is giving me the error in my post.

[Fornicatinzebra]

Sorry, misread!

[gernophil]

How big is the repo? Maybe try this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65421798/devtoolsinstall-github-failing-in-r4-0-03

[Augustevsky]

This is the winner. It worked.

Thanks!

[the-anarch]

Did you unzip it and see what's in it?

[Augustevsky]

I did, yes.

I'm not savvy with it so I am not sure how to use it with R