epiforecasts · seabbs · Jun 9, 2023 · Jun 2, 2023 · Jun 2, 2023 · Jun 8, 2023
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ This release is in development. For a stable release install 1.3.5 from CRAN.
   instead of `create_gp_data()`. By @jamesmbaazam in #388 and reviewed by @seabbs.
 * Improved compilation times by reducing the number of distinct stan models and deprecated `tune_inv_gamma()`. By @sbfnk in #394 and reviewed by @seabbs.
 * Changed touchstone settings so that benchmarks are only performed if the stan model is changed. By @sbfnk in #400 and reviewed by @seabbs.
+* [pak](https://pak.r-lib.org/) is now suggested for installing the developmental version of the package. By @jamesmbaazam in #407 and reviewed by @seabbs. This has been successfully tested on MacOS Ventura, Ubuntu 20.04, and Windows 10. Users are advised to use `remotes::install_github("epiforecasts/EpiNow2")` if `pak` fails and if both fail, raise an issue.
 * `dist_fit()`'s `samples` argument now takes a default value of 1000 instead of NULL. If a supplied `samples` is less than 1000, it is changed to 1000 and a warning is thrown to indicate the change. By @jamesmbazam in #389 and reviewed by @seabbs.
 
 # EpiNow2 1.3.5

diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
@@ -58,12 +58,25 @@ Install the development version of the package with:
 install.packages("EpiNow2", repos = "https://epiforecasts.r-universe.dev")
 ```
 
-Alternatively, install the development version of the package with (few users should need to do this):
+Alternatively, install the development version of the package with [pak](https://pak.r-lib.org/)
+as follows (few users should need to do this):
 
 ```{r, eval = FALSE}
-remotes::install_github("epiforecasts/EpiNow2")
+# check whether {pak} is installed
+if (!require("pak")) {
+  install.packages("pak")
+}
+pak::pkg_install("epiforecasts/EpiNow2")
 ```
 
+If using `pak` fails, try:
+```{r, eval = FALSE}
+# check whether {remotes} is installed
+if (!require("remotes")) {
+  install.packages("remotes")
+}
+remotes::install_github("epiforecasts/EpiNow2")
+```
 
 Windows users will need a working installation of Rtools in order to build the package from source. See [here](https://github.com/stan-dev/rstan/wiki/RStan-Getting-Started#checking-the-c-toolchain) for a guide to installing Rtools for use with Stan (which is the statistical modelling platform used for the underlying model). For simple deployment/development a prebuilt docker image is also available (see documentation [here](https://github.com/epiforecasts/EpiNow2/wiki/Docker)).
 

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -93,10 +93,25 @@ Install the development version of the package with:
 install.packages("EpiNow2", repos = "https://epiforecasts.r-universe.dev")
 ```
 
-Alternatively, install the development version of the package with (few
-users should need to do this):
+Alternatively, install the development version of the package with
+[pak](https://pak.r-lib.org/) as follows (few users should need to do
+this):
 
 ``` r
+# check whether {pak} is installed
+if (!require("pak")) {
+  install.packages("pak")
+}
+pak::pkg_install("epiforecasts/EpiNow2")
+```
+
+If using `pak` fails, try:
+
+``` r
+# check whether {remotes} is installed
+if (!require("remotes")) {
+  install.packages("remotes")
+}
 remotes::install_github("epiforecasts/EpiNow2")
 ```
 

diff --git a/inst/WORDLIST b/inst/WORDLIST
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Dockerfile
 ECDC
 EpiNow
 Epinow
+Gostic
 Gruson
 Habakuk
 Hain
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ nowcasting
 nowcasts
 objec
 obs
+pak
 parallisation
 parameterisations
 parameterised
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Dockerfile @@
     ECDC
     EpiNow
     Epinow
+    Gostic
     Gruson
     Habakuk
     Hain
@@ Expand Down Expand Up / @@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ nowcasting @@
     nowcasts
     objec
     obs
+    pak
     parallisation
     parameterisations
     parameterised
@@ Expand Down @@