error in instalation using ... devtools::install_github("data-edu/dataedu")

[suresh2014]

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Brief description of the problem

> devtools::install_github("data-edu/dataedu")
Downloading GitHub repo data-edu/dataedu@master
sh: 1: /bin/gtar: not found
sh: 1: /bin/gtar: not found
Error: Failed to install 'dataedu' from GitHub:
  error in running command
In addition: Warning messages:
1: In system(cmd) : error in running command
2: In utils::untar(tarfile, ...) :
  ‘/bin/gtar -xf '/tmp/RtmpCrd0sR/file33f81e7ec26a.tar.gz' -C '/tmp/RtmpCrd0sR/remotes33f8291625ea'’ returned error code 127

please solve this

[ivelasq]

Hello,

Could you please let us know if 1) you installed R using anaconda and 2) if you've taken any steps to try to solve this before posting? A Google search led me to these links. Unfortunately, it seems like it is a system environment issue, not a package issue.

• release function error r-lib/devtools#379
• /bin/gtar: not found (Ubuntu 14.04) r-dbi/RPostgres#110

Please try Sys.setenv(TAR = "/bin/tar") per these posts.

If that does not work and you installed R through anaconda, this issue from 29 days ago states that if you are using conda you need to use conda to install all packages. See https://whattheyforgot.org/set-up-an-r-dev-environment.html#what-about-conda for more info.

Thanks!

[ivelasq]

Hi @suresh2014, closing this but please try out my recommendations above. Hope you are able to install the package!