hadley/devtools — Issue #44: Possible bug in devtools
Author: pchalasani
Created: 2012-01-13 21:26:54+00:00
State: open

Install_github fails on a Mac (OS X 10.7.2) with an error. Typical example:

```r
install_github('animation', 'yihui')
Installing animation from yihui
Installing animation
* checking for file '/private/var/folders/j4/vll_yjq95076jc7bt3nq8z_m0000gn/T/Rtmpq2JK8B/yihui-animation-6de5df9/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing 'animation':
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking for LF line-endings in source and make files
* checking for empty or unneeded directories
* looking to see if a 'data/datalist' file should be added
* building 'animation_2.0-6.tar.gz'

Warning: invalid package '/var/folders/j4/vll_yjq95076jc7bt3nq8z_m0000gn/T//Rtmpq2JK8B/animation_2.0-6.tar.gz'
Error: ERROR: no packages specified
Warning message:
In install.packages(built_path, repos = NULL, type = "source") :
installation of package '/var/folders/j4/vll_yjq95076jc7bt3nq8z_m0000gn/T//Rtmpq2JK8B/animation_2.0-6.tar.gz' had non-zero exit status
```