petalNet should be installable with devtools::install_github("julipetal/petalNet")

[holgerbrandl]

To allow for this, the actual package sources from https://github.com/julipetal/petalNet/tree/master/src/petal would need to sit in the root of the directory.

Also some installation hints + reference to the paper in the README.md would be nice.

[ghost]

Hi Holger,
I completely agree. How did you end up installing it?
As indicated in your Header it didn't work for me either.
Thanks and best
Fabian

[julipetal]

Hi Fabian,
After you download the gz file, try the following
install.packages(path_to_gzfile, repos = NULL, type="source")

[ghost]

Thanks for the hint!
Just for other users:
After downloading from https://github.com/julipetal/petalNet via the "Clone Or Download" button
I extracted the petal folder from within the src folder. This I copied to a separate folder
and used then the suggested command for the installation in R:
install.packages("...\petalNET\petal", repos = NULL, type="source")
It was not zipped.

[julipetal]

Fabian,
So sorry for this very late reply.
You need to specify the tar.gz file
install.packages("...\petal_0.2.4.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type="source"
I hope this helps.

[IvanTsers]

I have found an appropriate way to install petal via devtools. One should specify the way to the source folder:

devtools::install_github("julipetal/petalNet/src/petal")

Worked just fine for me.