How install the blog plugin?

[pivic]

Hi!

I'm attempting to install and preview MkDocs insiders with the blog plugin.

I just cloned the mkdocs-material-insiders repo by using GitHub Desktop and then tried to use the blog plugin, but I see this error when I try to start the live preview server:

mkdocs serve
ERROR - Config value 'plugins': The "blog" plugin is not installed
Aborted with 1 Configuration Errors!

I then tried cloning by using pip, but here's what happened:

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pip install git+https://$[this_is_where_I_put_my_token,_without_brackets]@github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material-insiders.git

Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Collecting git+https://@github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material-insiders.git
Cloning https://@github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material-insiders.git to /tmp/pip-req-build-j328tkuu
Running command git clone --filter=blob:none --quiet 'https://****@github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material-insiders.git' /tmp/pip-req-build-j328tkuu
Password for 'https://github.com':
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material-insiders.git/'
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× git clone --filter=blob:none --quiet 'https://****@github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material-insiders.git' /tmp/pip-req-build-j328tkuu did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 128
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× git clone --filter=blob:none --quiet 'https://****@github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material-insiders.git' /tmp/pip-req-build-j328tkuu did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 128
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

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When asked to use a password, I both tried my GitHub password and my token; both produced the error message above.

When I do pip list I don't see mkdocs-material-x.x.x+insiders-x.x.x.

I'd appreciate any help with this.

[pivic]

Solved this myself by finding the answer in this thread: #3816

In other words: I removed the $ character and then I can clone away!

[squidfunk]

It's easier if you just put your token in the GH_TOKEN variable and then invoke the command as-is 😀

export GH_TOKEN=<put-token-here>
pip install git+https://${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material-insiders.git