The file I uploaded to OSF is a source package. However, it seems that OSF does not have a link of this form
"https://osf.io/...../pkg.tar.gz";. Instead, it is something like this: "https://osf.io/abcde/download?view_only=abcdefg"; This link will prompt the browser to download the file. However, it is not a direct URL to the file, as in "https://osf.io/...../pkg.tar.gz";. Regards, Shu Fai On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote: > 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 > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
