How to install R package from private repo using devtools install_github?

Question

I am trying to install a sample package from my github repo: https://github.com/jpmarindiaz/samplepkg

I can install it when the repo is public using any of the following commands through the R interpreter:

• install_github("jpmarindiaz/rdali")
• install_github("rdali",user="jpmarindiaz")
• install_github("jpmarindiaz/rdali",auth_user="jpmarindiaz")

But when the git repository is private I get an Error:

Installing github repo samplepkg/master from jpmarindiaz
Downloading samplepkg.zip from     
https://github.com/jpmarindiaz/samplepkg/archive/master.zip
Error: client error: (406) Not Acceptable

I haven't figured out how the authentication works when the repo is private, any hints?

Answer 1

Have you tried setting a personal access token (PAT) and passing it along as the value of the auth_token argument of install_github()?

See ?install_github way down at the bottom (Package devtools version 1.5.0.99).