install_github error "foo.zip cannot be opened" #82
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Hmmm, I suspect it's some corruption or failure to download of the zipfile. Can you try and get a copy of (e.g.) |
Good idea. It does look like it's corrupted.
Any idea why this happens? the error is replicable for me. |
How many bytes is the file? |
And are you using a proxy? |
10 bytes. not a good sign ;-)
works without an issue. On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:46 PM, hadley wickham <
Carl Boettiger |
Hmmm - maybe because https://github.com/duncantl/RWordPress/zipball gives a 404? And https://github.com/duncantl/RWordPress says "nothing to see here" |
whoops. I could swear I got the same error from ROAuth, which actually On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:52 PM, hadley wickham <
Carl Boettiger |
In the case of ROAuth, I can report the same issue that Carl had. |
Once I get httr on CRAN, I can use it, and then it should be possible to give more informative errors in case of http problems - I suspect that's what's happening here. |
Thanks for fixing this. Might you mention the fix on the original SO question so I can accept it as the correct answer? |
I get this error on several packages, but not all. Cloning the repo and running
R CMD INSTALL
works just fine. I've had a colleague who can reproduce this and another who can't -- so I'm not sure where to start debugging. Session info below.system info:
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