Quick R Repos

Quickly spin up an R repository populated with dummy packages.

Init

To get started, run npm install

Create packages

Run npm run make to create dummy packages. You will be prompted to edit a DESCRIPTION file, which you can populate with a Package name, a Version, and dependency information. You can also include a special Path field (e.g. Path: 3.6.0/Recommended), which will be honored. When you save and exit the DESCRIPTION file, the script creates a dummy R package using the DESCRIPTION you provided and places it in the public/src/contrib/ directory. If you included a special Path in the DESCRIPTION, the package will be placed at public/src/contrib/<path>/

Serve the repo

Run npm run api to start a server. You can access the repo at http://localhost:3004. For example, http://localhost:3004/src/contrib/PACKAGES.

Configure R

You can easily configure R to use the service you've configured. If you're running R in a docker container, replace localhost with your IP address or hostname.

r <- getOption("repos");
r["CRAN"] <- "http://localhost:3004";
options(repos = r);

Edit Templates

If you wish to change the DESCRIPTION file template, edit DESCRIPTION_TEMPLATE. If you wish to change the R code included in the dummy package, edit R_TEMPLATE.