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Installing streamMetabolizer

To install the streamMetabolizer package, use the remotes package (running install.packages('remotes') first if needed). To use remotes::install_github() it is convenient to set a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT). There are several methods for setting your PATs within R; the simplest is to call `Sys.setenv(GITHUB_PAT=“yyyy”), replacing yyyy with the PAT you established on the GitHub website.

You may first need to install the unitted dependency:

remotes::install_github('appling/unitted')

You can then install the most cutting edge version of streamMetabolizer with this command:

remotes::install_github(
  "USGS-R/streamMetabolizer", # soon to be "DOI-USGS/streamMetabolizer"
  build_vignettes = TRUE)

Software dependencies for Bayesian models

The major dependency for Bayesian models is the rstan package, and installation of that package is rarely as simple as a call to install.packages(). Start at the rstan wiki page for the most up-to-date installation instructions, which differ by operating system.