*WARNING* This is not up to date! The major difference is that now we have
*WARNING* system-specific configurations, archives and results, so that several
*WARNING* of the paths have either a 'sys/FOO' part or a 'FOO' part where FOO
*WARNING* is something like debian-amd64, debian-i386..


git clone git://github.com/blundellc/cran2deb.git

apt-get system requirements from DESCRIPTION
apt-get install cdbs

# install a web server
apt-get install thttpd

# add a group for cran2deb people
addgroup cran2deb
usermod -a -G cran2deb cb
usermod -a -G cran2deb edd

# set up web space
mkdir /var/www/cran2deb
chgrp cran2deb /var/www/cran2deb
chmod 3775 /var/www/cran2deb

# install prereq R packages
r -e "install.packages(c('ctv','RSQLite','DBI','digest'))"
R CMD INSTALL cran2deb

# set up cran2deb space, as per README
cp /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/cran2deb/exec/cran2deb  /usr/local/bin
root=$(cran2deb root)
mkdir /etc/cran2deb
chgrp cran2deb /etc/cran2deb
chmod 3775 /etc/cran2deb
copy ROOT/etc/* to /etc/cran2deb
ln -s /var/www/cran2deb/ /etc/cran2deb/archive
edit /etc/cran2deb/pbuilder.in:
OTHERMIRROR='deb http://localhost/users/cb/cran2deb/ testing/$(ARCH)/ | deb http://localhost/users/cb/cran2deb/ testing/all/'
MIRRORSITE='http://ftp.debian.org/debian/'
to
OTHERMIRROR='deb http://localhost/cran2deb/ testing/$(ARCH)/ | deb http://localhost/cran2deb/ testing/all/'
MIRRORSITE='http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/'

# fix permissions for group usage.
mkdir /var/cache/cran2deb
chgrp cran2deb /var/cache/cran2deb
chmod 3775 /var/cache/cran2deb
chgrp -R cran2deb $root
chmod 3775 $root
chmod -R g+w $root

(log out then log in to get gid cran2deb)

# build pbuilder archive, initialise database
cran2deb update

# check it works
cran2deb build zoo

# is handy
apt-get install sqlite3