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im trying to install mgarch package from Github. I downloaded the zip file: mgarch_0.00-1.tar.gz

I tried this procedure:

install.packages('package.zip', lib='destination_directory',repos = NULL)

as said here Manually Downloading and Installing Packages in R

But didnt work

Another procedure was: How to install development version of R packages github repository

As suggested at this link i had to install devtools from Hadley.

install.packages("devtools")

library(devtools)

dev_mode(on=T)

install_github("ggplot2")

I did, and nothing happened.

As a begginer im really lost. Just want something to clear my way, because i need to run an BEKK GARCH Model.

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try this 

 library(devtools)
 install_github("vst/mgarch")

 library(mgarch)

installs this package https://github.com/vst/mgarch

is that the one you want?

the syntax for install_github is (usually) install_github("username/repository") this is rather poorly documented in the ?install_github documentation

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  • i did....and the result was... ERROR: compilation failed for package 'mgarch' * removing 'C:/Users/Myname/Documents/R/win-library/3.1/mgarch' Erro: Command failed (1) – –  Feb 08 '15 at 19:19
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    do you have rtools installed? Read this https://github.com/hadley/devtools/blob/master/README.md – rawr Feb 08 '15 at 21:02
  • Yes... and i folowed this procedure :library(devtools) build_github_devtools() #### Restart R before continuing #### install.packages("devtools.zip", repos = NULL) # Remove the package after installation unlink("devtools.zip") and i did : install_github("username/repository") The message was: it wasnt possible to find function "install_github" –  Feb 09 '15 at 00:37
  • when you restarted R did you type in `library(devtools)` again? every time you start R you need to load your required packages. – bjoseph Feb 09 '15 at 03:19
  • yes... i do `library(devtools)` the message error is: ERROR: compilation failed for package 'mgarch' another error message is : Erro: Command failed (1) –  Feb 10 '15 at 00:52