>>>>> Rainer Krug <rai...@krugs.de> >>>>> on Fri, 9 Jun 2017 08:36:31 +0200 writes:
> If I understand you correctly, you want to have a mirror > of CRAN on a private server behind your firewall. Check > out https://cran.rstudio.com/mirror-howto.html > <https://cran.rstudio.com/mirror-howto.html> which gives > instructions on how to do this. Cheers, > Rainer Yes, definitely: Just use your private CRAN mirror... and instead of the above URL, one with the same speed (and AFAIK still sponsored by the same monney) is https://cloud.r-project.org/mirror-howto.html There it tells you to use rsync, and I strongly recommend you do! Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich (running one of the oldest - public - CRAN Mirrors) >> On 8 Jun 2017, at 23:29, Joshua Bradley >> <jgbradl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to setup a private CRAN for work (behind a >> firewall). The best options available include miniCRAN >> <https://github.com/RevolutionAnalytics/miniCRAN>, drat >> <https://github.com/eddelbuettel/drat> and packrat >> <https://rstudio.github.io/packrat/>. One problem is >> these packages do not automatically generate the web >> pages that are on the CRAN. >> >> Examples: >> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/index.html >> https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/available_packages_by_name.html >> >> Each time the CRAN adds a package, there must be an >> automated process in place to regenerate the pages again >> with the new package added (example - A3 >> <https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/A3/index.html>). I >> read somewhere (possibly on stackoverflow) that the CRAN >> html pages are statically built. I would like for users >> to be able to explore the packages in my private CRAN >> just like the public CRAN without having to open R and >> search for packages/documentation through the command >> line. >> >> The R Manual includes a small section >> <https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#Setting-up-a-package-repository> >> on setting up a repository but it only discusses the >> structure of the directories needed to host >> packages. Nothing is mentioned about how the CRAN >> creates/updates the /web directory. What is the best way >> to generate/maintain the web pages for a private CRAN? >> >> P.S. Let me know if this question is best answered on one >> of the other mailing lists. >> >> Josh Bradley >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- > Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc > (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) > University of Zürich > Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57 > Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 > email: rai...@krugs.de > Skype: RMkrug > xapplication/pgp-signature [Click mouse-2 to save to a > file] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel