Using pak to install dataedu package throws a GitHub related error

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Noting this one so it stays in the backlog. It's probably because I need to update GitHub credentials. Keeping it here in case others experience the same thing.

How to reproduce:

Update RStudio to 2025.05.1+513

Update R to 4.5.1 (2025-06-13) -- "Great Square Root"

Note: I discovered all my packages were no longer installed

Install {tidyverse} package

Run this code from from ch 5:

# Install {pak}
install.packages("pak")
# Install the {dataedu} package (requires R version 3.6 or higher)
pak::pak("data-edu/dataedu")

Error: 
! error in pak subprocess
Caused by error: 
! Could not solve package dependencies:
* data-edu/dataedu: ! pkgdepends resolution error for data-edu/dataedu.
Caused by error: 
! Bad GitHub credentials, make sure that your GitHub token is valid.
Caused by error in `stop(http_error(resp))`:
! Unauthorized (HTTP 401).
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Backtrace:
1. pak::pak("data-edu/dataedu")
2. pak::pkg_install(pkg, ...)
3. pak:::remote(function(...) get("pkg_install_make_plan", asNamespace("pak"))(...), …
4. err$throw(res$error)
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Subprocess backtrace:
1. base::withCallingHandlers(cli_message = function(msg) { …
2. get("pkg_install_make_plan", asNamespace("pak"))(...)
3. prop$stop_for_solution_error()
4. private$plan$stop_for_solve_error()
5. pkgdepends:::pkgplan_stop_for_solve_error(self, private)
6. base::throw(new_error("Could not solve package dependencies:\n", msg, …
7. | base::signalCondition(cond)
8. global (function (e) …

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Here's the high level procedure I used to get pak::pak("data-edu/dataedu") to work:

1. Generate a new personal access token (classic) in my GitHub account.
2. Run usethis::edit_r_environ() to add the new PAT to the environ file
3. Restart R
4. Run pak::pak("data-edu/dataedu")

The procedures for updating the PAT are here.

I also used this prompt in ChatGPT:

give me a procedure to update my github credentials so I can install a package in R using pak