[R] Install a package from OSF

[Uwe Ligges]

You have to create a soiurce package via R CMD build (which has file 
ending tar.gz, by the wa), to make that work.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


On 28.09.2025 14:53, Shu Fai Cheung wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to let reviewers download and install a package from OSF. It
> is for double-blind review, and so I need to create an anonymized version
> at OSF. I can ask reviewers to download the file and install it locally.
> However, the reviewers may not be familiar with this. Is it possible to do
> this in one function call? For example, something like this, from the help
> of remotes::install_url():
> 
> remotes::install_url("https://github.com/hadley/stringr/archive/HEAD.zip")
> 
> I tried the following (the link is a fake one, just for illustration):
> 
> remotes::install_url("https://osf.io/abcde/download?view_only=abcdefg")
> 
> I confirmed in a browser that the link with "/download" added is a
> direct link to download the file created by R CMD build.
> 
> However, I got the following error:
> 
> Error: Failed to install 'unknown package' from URL:
>    Don't know how to decompress files with extension
> 
> Is there another way to install a package directly from OSF?
> 
> Regards,
> Shu Fai
> 
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