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Forking a package/install from source

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Jeff • 0

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We think we've found a bug in a package and wanted to make a fork of the repo to try a fix. Is there a way to specify to install the package from source from our repo? Thanks!

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ADD COMMENT • link updated 2.0 years ago by James W. MacDonald 65k • written 2.0 years ago by Jeff • 0

score 0 · Answer 1 · 2022-04-11

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James W. MacDonald 65k

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> library(BiocManager)
> install("<your GitHub ID>/<the repo name>")

As an example, I could install the GitHub version of my affycoretools package like this

install("jmacdon/affycoretools")

And do note that if you are on Windows, you need an additional type = "source"

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And alternatively, if the repo is on your own computer, you can (ideally) copy the repo somewhere temporarily, and then do

R CMD build <reponame>
R CMD check <reponame.tar.gz>
R CMD INSTALL <reponame.tar.gz>

At the command prompt. Or even

install.packages(<reponame>, repo = NULL) ## with type = "source" if on Windows

ADD REPLY • link 2.0 years ago James W. MacDonald 65k