Need help with installing software package (net install)

[Jack Fu]

Hello,

I am trying to install a package from this site:

https://sites.google.com/site/rdpackages/rdrobust

Command for installation: net install rdrobust, from(https://sites.google.com/site/rdpackages/rdrobust/stata) replace

However, when I type that into stata it says:

r(1);

. net install rdrobust, from(https://sites.google.com/site/rdpackages/rdrobust/stata) replace
https://sites.google.com/site/rdpack...drobust/stata/ either
1) is not a valid URL, or
2) could not be contacted, or
3) is not a Stata download site (has no stata.toc file).

current site is still http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/r/
--Break--

However, I have checked the site everything including the .toc file are there. Anyone know how I can fix this ? If I can't do a net install, is it possible to install it manually? Thanks in advance!

[Carlo Lazzaro]

Jack:
works for me:

net install rdrobust, from(https://sites.google.com/site/rdpackages/rdrobust/stata) replace
checking rdrobust consistency and verifying not already installed...
installing into c:\ado\plus\...
installation complete.

[Jack Fu]

Jack:
works for me:

net install rdrobust, from(https://sites.google.com/site/rdpackages/rdrobust/stata) replace
checking rdrobust consistency and verifying not already installed...
installing into c:\ado\plus\...
installation complete.

Hello Carlo,

I just tried it again, I am still getting the same issue. Any idea how I could make it work? I literally type in "net install rdrobust, from(https://sites.google.com/site/rdpackages/rdrobust/stata) replace" and I got the same message I posted previously. Does it matter that I am running stata 13?

Edit: I just tried it on my Macbook with stata 12 SE installed, I got the same error message.

Edit: so I manage to get my hand on a system with stata 14 installed, the command works normally. However, my stata 14 copy cannot handle the number of variables that I have. Anyone got any idea how i can make the command work for stata 13?

[Richard Williams]

Stata 11 and 12 cannot net install from a site that uses https. I learned that the hard way -- Notre Dame recently switched from http: to https: and I started getting these messages from people who wanted to install some of my beta programs but couldn't. So I also made them available in zipped files.

You say you were using Stata 13 though. Are you sure, and are you sure it is up to date? I just tried your install command -- in Stata 13 it worked fine but in Stata 12 I got the same error you did. Maybe a firewall is blocking your access.

In any event, the best solution is to get Stata 15! If that isn't an option, you'll have to find some other way to install.