Thanks Ivan, Iñaki, and Dirk for your answers -- I'm happy to know about https://r-universe.dev/. I also deduce that I can compile my own binaries and host them as releases in Github and have R users install from these binaries as well. Kind regards, -John
On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM Ivan Krylov <ikry...@disroot.org> wrote: > В Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:25:23 +0100 > John Clarke <john.cla...@cornerstonenw.com> пишет: > > > I'm wondering if there is a way to point an R package installer to a > > pre-compiled release on Github rather than rely on CRAN. > > From the point of view of install.packages(), a repository is a > collection of package files plus an index file arranged in a certain > directory structure: > > https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Setting-up-a-package-repository > > You can create these index files yourself using tools::write_PACKAGES() > or the 'drat' package, then publish them on any free web hosting: > https://search.r-project.org/R/refmans/tools/html/writePACKAGES.html > https://cran.r-project.org/package=drat > > install.packages() will then be able to use this repository using > either its contriburl=... or the repos=... argument. > > The above-mentioned R-Universe will, indeed, not only help you host > your packages, but also build your source packages into binary packages > for a number of platforms. > > -- > Best regards, > Ivan > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
