I believe that https://mran.microsoft.com/packages contains daily snapshots of CRAN and you can use the 'checkpoint' package to retrieve packages as they were on any given day.
Bill Dunlap TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 9:38 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > On Aug 9, 2017, at 5:38 AM, Christian Meesters <meest...@uni-mainz.de> > wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > > > It is a common problem to update R for distributors. My challenge is to > maintain R module files for a cluster, using easybuild. > > > > My question is: Is there a way to derive a list of cran packages and > their version for a given version of R? > > I'm wondering whether this is a well-defined question. The could have been > several versions of a package released over the course of any given > interval during which any one version (major or minor variants) of R might > have been "current". You should ascertain the dimensions of the problem by > first viewing three webpages: > > 1) https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/ # versions of R (source) > 2) https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_summary_by_package.html > #(current packages by fork of R) > 3) https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive # Package Archive > > > > In case addressing the R-help list is addressing wrong list, any pointer > is appreciated. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Christian Meesters > > > > -- > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' > -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/ > posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
