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When I try to install a package from github I am gettin the following error: 

devtools::install_github("<DeveloperName>/<PackageName>")
Error: HTTP error 404.

 Not Found

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This doesn't make sense to me as the "/" are correctly entered and till take me to the repo when entered into my browser when entered after github.com. (Apologies that the repo is private to my company or I would share the actual developer and repo names.)

My traceback reads:

8.stop(github_error(res))
7.github_commit(username = remote$username, repo = remote$repo, host = remote$host, ref = remote$ref, pat = remote$auth_token %||% github_pat(), use_curl = use_curl)
6.remote_sha.github_remote(remote, local_sha)
5.remote_sha(remote, local_sha)
4.FUN(X[[i]], ...)
3.vapply(remotes, install_remote, ..., FUN.VALUE = character(1))
2.install_remotes(remotes, auth_token = auth_token, host = host, dependencies = dependencies, upgrade = upgrade, force = force, quiet = quiet, build = build, build_opts = build_opts, repos = repos, type = type, ...)
1.devtools::install_github("<DeveloperName>/<PackageName>")

I cannot find documentation to explain my final traceback error: "stop(github_error(res))". I have updated to latest version of devtools, but the problem persists.

Joe
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  • Is problem specific to this repo, or have you tried other repos? If that's a private repo, have you set your [personal access token](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21171142/how-to-install-r-package-from-private-repo-using-devtools-install-github)? Are you sure your account has permissions to the repo? – MrFlick Jan 07 '19 at 21:40
  • @MrFlick I have set my personal access token and I have confirmed that I have permissions to the repo. I had no problem installing dev version of gganimate using install_github() just now. – Joe Jan 07 '19 at 21:45
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    Then if it's specific to this repo, it's going to be hard to help you without specifics. Have you tried this method maybe: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53064119/install-r-package-from-private-repo-owned-by-github-organisation – MrFlick Jan 07 '19 at 21:48
  • can you clone the repo? – DS_UNI Jan 08 '19 at 08:18
  • @DS_UNI Yes I can . – Joe Jan 08 '19 at 19:34
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    until you find the cause of the problem, you can as workaround clone the repo and then use ``devtools::load_all()`` – DS_UNI Jan 08 '19 at 22:46

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