How to install packages from Github

[Frank Sherman]

Hi everyone,

I am new to this forum. And I have never used Github.

I am wondering if there is any tutorial for how to install Stata packages from Github, such as this one: https://github.com/friosavila/stpack...ee/main/csdid2

Thanks! Have a nice day.

[Martyn Sherriff]

Hello Frank,

I have found the easiest way to handle packages from GitHub is to install 'github'.

net install github, from("https://haghish.github.io/github/")

help github

Search of official help files, FAQs, Examples, and Stata Journals

SJ-20-4 pr0073 Developing, maintaining, and hosting Stata software on GitHub
(help github if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. F. Haghish
Q4/20 SJ 20(4):931--951
introduces the github command version 2.0, which facilitates
building, searching, installing, and managing statistical
packages hosted on GitHub

I think that the SJ article is open access and it has a good description of accessing GitHub.

However, I have not used csdid2 but as far as I can see csdid2 is not installed from github, you just have to copy the files as it indicates at the end of the github listing.

'Last note!
you need to copy all files in this repository on your ado/personal folder. And start from a new Stata session for it to work.'

I hope that this is of some use.

Martyn

[Frank Sherman]

Hello Frank,

I have found the easiest way to handle packages from GitHub is to install 'github'.

net install github, from("https://haghish.github.io/github/")

help github

Search of official help files, FAQs, Examples, and Stata Journals

SJ-20-4 pr0073 Developing, maintaining, and hosting Stata software on GitHub
(help github if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. F. Haghish
Q4/20 SJ 20(4):931--951
introduces the github command version 2.0, which facilitates
building, searching, installing, and managing statistical
packages hosted on GitHub

I think that the SJ article is open access and it has a good description of accessing GitHub.

However, I have not used csdid2 but as far as I can see csdid2 is not installed from github, you just have to copy the files as it indicates at the end of the github listing.

'Last note!
you need to copy all files in this repository on your ado/personal folder. And start from a new Stata session for it to work.'

I hope that this is of some use.

Martyn

Thank you, Martyn! Cheers