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R Package Dependency in Github via Remotes not working

I'm developing an R package in Github (ConceptionTools) that depends on another R package (CreateFlowChart), also in Github. I have followed the instructions for defining remote dependencies. My DESCRIPTION file includes:

Imports: CreateFlowChart
Remotes: github::IMI-ConcePTION/CreateFlowChart

However, when I install my package, with the command:

devtools::install_github("IMI-ConcePTION/ConceptionTools")

This dependency is not installed. I simply get "skipping 1 packages not available: CreateFlowChart". It doesn't appear to be trying to use the Remote, since there is no error related to Github.

When I install the dependency directly, that works:

devtools::install_github("IMI-ConcePTION/CreateFlowChart")

Does anybody have any idea of what could be going on here? I'm racking my brain, as it seems to be a quite straightforward case of what the documentation shows. I'm using R 4.0.3 (on Windows 10) and devtools 2.3.2.

Solution

  • There was a typo in the name of the dependency package in its DESCRIPTION file.

    This does not make the package fail when installing it directly, but it leads devtools not to find it as a dependency.