[R] Create a "local" repository

[Uwe Ligges]

Scott Hyde wrote:
> I'd like to create a small "local" repository that would be used to
> install a package for a class of students at their home.  I don't want
> to upload it to CRAN, as I don't think it should be disseminated at
> that level.
> 
> What I'd like to do is:
> 
>> where="http://mysite.com/"
>> install.packages("mypackage",contriburl=where)
> 
> When I try this, (after placing my mypackage_1.0.tar.gz file in the
> main directory of http://mysite.com/, it responds, in R, when I want
> to install the package:
> 
> Warning: unable to access index for repository http://mysite.com/
> 
> What do I need to do?

You need a PACKAGES file in that directory that gives an index which 
packages are available.

See function write_PACKAGES() in package "tools".

Uwe Ligges


> 
> -Scott
>