ERROR: can't determine package name from URL (git)

New to Julia
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Hello,
I am getting an error trying to use a package on github.

julia> Pkg.clone(“git@github.com:anthofflab/mimi-rice-2010.jl.git”)
ERROR: can’t determine package name from URL: git@github.com:anthofflab/mimi-rice-2010.jl.git

vs.

julia> Pkg.clone(“git@github.com:davidanthoff/ExcelReaders.jl.git”)
Appears to work fine (though as I installed it previously, i get
INFO: Cloning ExcelReaders from git@github.com:davidanthoff/ExcelReaders.jl.git
ERROR: ExcelReaders already exists

How might I install and use this package?
Thanks!

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help> Pkg.clone

  clone(url, [pkg])

  Clone a package directly from the git URL url. The package does not need to be
  registered in Pkg.dir("METADATA"). The package repo is cloned by the name pkg if
  provided; if not provided, pkg is determined automatically from url.

So try give a name as the second argument.

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Oh wow, thanks.
I am still having some issues

julia> Pkg.clone(“git@github.com:anthofflab/mimi-rice-2010.jl.git”,“mrice”)
ulia> Pkg.add(“mrice”)
INFO: Package mrice is already installed
julia> mrice
ERROR: UndefVarError: mrice not defined
julia> import mrice
ERROR: ArgumentError: Module mrice not found in current path.
Run Pkg.add("mrice") to install the mrice package.
julia> using mrice
ERROR: ArgumentError: Module mrice not found in current path.
Run Pkg.add("mrice") to install the mrice package.

It shows up in Pkg.status()

  • mrice 0.0.0- master (unregistered)

How can I use the package?
Thanks!

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It doesn’t have the standard packge file structure (so it isn’t really a package). You can just include the main file though, include(Pkg.dir("mrice", "src", "main.jl"))

5

Thank you so much!