installr:install.pandoc() appears broken - r

Question

I recently noticed that the install.pandoc function in the installr package appears to be broken.
I get the following error message:
trying URL 'https://github.com/'
Content type 'text/html; charset=utf-8' length unknown
downloaded 78 KB
github.com is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information and then contact the software publisher.
It looks like the function is not finding the appropriate file from GitHub. I have submitted a pull request to the installr package on GitHub which corrects this error.

Answer 1

Here is the function that should install Pandoc correctly and that was submitted as a pull request. In case you run into this error before it is fixed.
library(installr)
FixedInstall.Pandoc <- function (URL = "https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases", use_regex = TRUE,
to_restart, ...)
{
URL <- "https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases"
page_with_download_url <- URL
if (!use_regex)
warning("use_regex is no longer supported, you can stop using it from now on...")
page <- readLines(page_with_download_url, warn = FALSE)
sysArch <- Sys.getenv("R_ARCH")
sysArch <- gsub("/ |/x", "", sysArch)
pat <- paste0("jgm/pandoc/releases/download/[0-9.]+/pandoc-[0-9.-]+-windows",".*", sysArch, ".*", ".msi")
target_line <- grep("windows", page, value = TRUE)
m <- regexpr(pat, target_line)
URL <- regmatches(target_line, m)
URL <- head(URL, 1)
URL <- paste("https://github.com/", URL, sep = "")
installed <- install.URL(URL, ...)
if (!installed)
return(invisible(FALSE))
if (missing(to_restart)) {
if (is.windows()) {
you_should_restart <- "You should restart your computer\n in order for pandoc to work properly"
winDialog(type = "ok", message = you_should_restart)
choices <- c("Yes", "No")
question <- "Do you want to restart your computer now?"
the_answer <- menu(choices, graphics = "TRUE", title = question)
to_restart <- the_answer == 1L
}
else {
to_restart <- FALSE
}
}
if (to_restart)
os.restart()
}