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]]
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> On 8 Jun 2017, at 23:29, Joshua Bradley <jgbradley1 at 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 at 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 Z?rich Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: Rainer at krugs.de Skype: RMkrug -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 455 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP URL: <https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/attachments/20170609/05d46fa8/attachment.sig>
>>>>> Rainer Krug <Rainer at 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 >> <jgbradley1 at 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 at 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 Z?rich > Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57 > Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 > email: Rainer at krugs.de > Skype: RMkrug > xapplication/pgp-signature [Click mouse-2 to save to a > file] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________ > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Hi Josh, If you aren't opposed to using bootstrap, you could check out pkgdown: http://hadley.github.io/pkgdown/index.html <http://hadley.github.io/pkgdown/index.html> From my experience, it works pretty well out of the box. HTH, Zhian ----- Zhian N. Kamvar, Ph. D. Postdoctoral Researcher (Everhart Lab) Department of Plant Pathology University of Nebraska-Lincoln> On Jun 8, 2017, at 16:29 , Joshua Bradley <jgbradley1 at 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 at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel[[alternative HTML version deleted]]