I am unable to install a package from GitHub. SCCRWP/ASCI. This is a model for assessing stream health using algal community composition. First my session info:
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version R version 4.1.3 (2022-03-10)
os Windows 10 x64 (build 19044)
system x86_64, mingw32
ui RStudio
language (EN)
collate English_United States.1252
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tz America/Los_Angeles
date 2022-06-28
rstudio 2022.02.3+492 Prairie Trillium (desktop)
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I will run the following:
library(devtools)
curl::ie_proxy_info()
install_github('SCCWRP/ASCI')
I have to run curl: whenever I use an API or github due to work's system settings. I get the following error message.
Downloading GitHub repo SCCWRP/ASCI@HEAD
SCCWRP-ASCI-82bd614/mmilkup.RData: truncated gzip input
tar.exe: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
Error: Failed to install 'ASCI' from GitHub:
Does not appear to be an R package (no DESCRIPTION)
In addition: Warning messages:
1: In utils::untar(tarfile, ...) :
‘tar.exe -xf "C:\Users\nmack\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpOcZ5L9\file53d87e726d5b.tar.gz" -C "C:/Users/nmack/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpOcZ5L9/remotes53d8228135e9"’ returned error code 1
2: In system(cmd, intern = TRUE) :
running command 'tar.exe -tf "C:\Users\nmack\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpOcZ5L9\file53d87e726d5b.tar.gz"' had status 1
I contacted the package's author and was advised to download the repo and install locally. I received an error when installing locally stating that a dependency was missing. Upon installing the missing dependency I was successful => open the .Rproj file => hitting 'ctrl+shft+b'. The problem did not lie in the missing dependency since I am still unable to install with install_github('SCCWRP/ASCI'). The same error above returns. The author above(do not know his SOF handle) gave me two links of similar issues. NOAA/VAST and SOF. From reading the resolution in one case it would seem a reduced DESCRIPTION would be a solution. The author replied, "I reduced the Description line in the DESCRIPTION file in the ASCI package to one line, so it would be interesting to see if you get the same error again", but I am getting the same error.
Not sure if this matters, but I can not seem to install from a .zip either. When I run:
install.packages("C:/Users/nmack/Downloads/ASCI-master.zip", repos = NULL, type = "win.binary")
I get a quick flash, no error message/notice and no package installed.