install remotes instead of failing if package not available

diff --git a/bin/generate_md_episodes.R b/bin/generate_md_episodes.R
index e2592c22ea4b4e2f3318c08376abfb52f0f2eb77..ca67a9a32b3086df482b06f808631265fa6abb7f 100644 (file)
--- a/bin/generate_md_episodes.R
+++ b/bin/generate_md_episodes.R
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ generate_md_episodes <- function() {
   library("methods")
   
   if (!require("remotes")) {
-    stop("The `remotes` package is needed.")
+    install.packages("remotes", repos = c(CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org/"))
   }
 
   if (!require("requirements")) {