R reticulate install python libraries from Github

Question

Does anyone have any ideas on how to directly install the python libraries available on Github from reticulate? The py_install function only supports libraries available on conda or PyPI.

For example, when building an R package based on a python library only available on Github, do I inevitably have to copy the source code of the library into my package?

You can create a git submodule of the python repo in your R package repo. — danlooo, Oct 04 '21 at 07:54
@danlooo may you explain better the procedure, please? assume I would like to install this package: https://github.com/gher-ulg/DivaPythonTools — Strobila, Dec 20 '21 at 16:08
Mybe sth like this https://github.com/rstudio/reticulate/issues/905 — danlooo, Dec 21 '21 at 08:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 25 '22 at 09:37

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Finally, in the function where I set up the python environment for the package, I called the R base system function where I pass the install command.

For example, for the pylearn-parsimony library which is not available on Conda, I used this line which worked:

system("pip install git+git://github.com/neurospin/pylearn-parsimony.git@master")

answered Jan 25 '22 at 09:37

user418560

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The git+git command seems not working anymore. I'm getting a "fatal: unable to connect to github.com" error. "pip install git+https://github.com/neurospin/pylearn-parsimony.git" might be better. – user418560 Jul 05 '22 at 09:03

R reticulate install python libraries from Github

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