[Rd] How to set up an own package repository

[Janko Thyson]

Thank you very much for the advice!

Cheers,
Janko

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Friedrich Leisch [mailto:friedrich.leisch at stat.uni-muenchen.de]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 17. September 2010 16:39
> An: Janko Thyson
> Cc: r-devel at r-project. org
> Betreff: Re: [Rd] How to set up an own package repository
> 
> >>>>> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:16:47 +0200,
> >>>>> Janko Thyson (JT) wrote:
> 
>   > Dear List,
>   > I'd like to set up a package repository so I can use
> install.packages() on
>   > it for home-grown packages. I set up an AMPP infrastructure on a
> windows box
>   > already, but I'm pretty lost with respect to what to do next as I
> didn't do
>   > any web-programming/admin yet. Could anyone recommend some r-
> specific
>   > tutorials or has a couple of suggestions for me? I've had a look at
> the
>   > official R manual, but it just describes the required repository
> structure,
>   > but not how to implement that. I'd also be willing to dive into SVN
> and
>   > alikes if you think that's best practice.
> 
> If all machines involved can mount the repository as a network drive
> you need no webserver at all, just use a file:/path/to/repository URL
> for the repository.
> 
> If you want a full featured web frontend you may want to have a look
> at the Bioconductor scripts for generating repositories:
> 
> http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.7/bioc/html/biocViews.html
> 
> and especially
> 
> http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.7/bioc/vignettes/biocViews/inst/doc/
> createReposHtml.pdf
> 
> The scripts for CRAN are also in R but very specific for CRANs needs
> ...
> 
> Best,
> Fritz
> 
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