Install R packages from github downloading master.zip
github, r
Solution
This answer is just a refined version of my comments. Essentially you can install packages using `devtools` by unzipping a local zipfile downloaded from github, and then running the `install` function
` install("path/to/unzipped_pkg_zip_file") `
The latest dev version of `devtools` contains an `install_local` utility function that makes it easy to work directly with local zip files.
Problem
I probably have some issues in my connectivity (some sort of blocks, I don't know) and I can't install directly form `gitHub` ``` > install_github("assertthat") Installing github repo(s) assertthat/master from hadley Installing assertthat.zip from https://github.com/hadley/assertthat/archive/master.zip ``` I tried with lots of other packages, same result. However, I am able to download `master.zip` form the browser. Can you tell if it's possible install directly the `.zip`? thanks.