Error installing packages from github

Question

I can\'t install packages from github:

> install_github(\'cranvas\', \'ggobi\', args=\"--no-multiarch\")
Installing github repo(s) cranvas/master from ggo         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem and I used this and it worked for me

    library(downloader)
    download("https://github.com/ropensci/plotly/archive/master.tar.gz", "plotly.tar.gz")
    install.packages("plotly.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source")