Issue in installing reghdfe 4.x on Stata 13.1

[absahay]

I am trying to install reghdfe 4.x on Stata 13.1 using:

cap ado uninstall moresyntax
cap ado uninstall ftools
net install ftools, from("https://github.com/sergiocorreia/ftools/raw/master/src/")

cap ado uninstall reghdfe
net install reghdfe, from("https://github.com/sergiocorreia/reghdfe/raw/master/src/")

if (c(version)<13) cap ado uninstall boottest
if (c(version)<13) ssc install boottest

cap ssc install moremata

source: https://github.com/sergiocorreia/reghdfe

However, I am getting the following error:

Appreciate your help!

[sergiocorreia]

AFAIK Stata 13 does not support https, which means it doesn't support downloading from GitHub. You need to follow the alternative instructions, where you download the zip file of the project, extract it, and then install from the local disk.

[absahay]

Thanks much!

[mcaceresb]

In case it helps anyone, I'm also on Stata 13 and had this same issue, but it was solved by running:

 net install reghdfe, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sergiocorreia/reghdfe/master/src/")

[sergiocorreia]

Interesting. It seems that the first link redirects to githubusercontent, but this might not work correctly on Stata 13. Will try to change the links across the place at some point.

[rcragun]

net install reghdfe, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sergiocorreia/reghdfe/master/src/") no longer works on Stata 13:

Received fatal alert: protocol_version
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sergiocorreia/reghdfe/master/src/ either
  1)  is not a valid URL, or
  2)  could not be contacted, or
  3)  is not a Stata download site (has no stata.toc file).

[sergiocorreia]

Sadly, Stata 13 does not support HTTPS, which is the only way you can download content from Github.

The workaround is to download the zipfile of the release, unzip it and do a "net install" locally (where the contents of from() are in your local drive):

[rcragun]

Sadly, Stata 13 does not support HTTPS, which is the only way you can download content from Github.

The reason I mentioned it not working on Stata 13 is that I saw the above comment from @mcaceresb suggesting that HTTPS had worked for them on Stata 13. Either that comment was a mistake or Stata 13 stopped supporting this at some point (or I am just doing something wrong in Stata, which happens often).