https://github.com/leeper/statapkg

A repo experimenting with installation of Stata packages from GitHub
https://github.com/leeper/statapkg

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A repo experimenting with installation of Stata packages from GitHub

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/leeper/statapkg
• Owner: leeper
• Created: 2015-08-06T20:31:47.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: gh-pages
• Last Pushed: 2017-09-12T14:57:48.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-13T19:09:43.899Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: stata, stata-command, stata-packages
• Language: HTML
• Size: 16.6 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
This is a GitHub Pages repo showing how to install Stata packages directly from GitHub using the `net` command.

Using the `gh-pages` branch of a GitHub repository, you can create a simple web server from which to install Stata packages. (Note: My GitHub account is setup with a URL redirection to my personal domain (thomasleeper.com). If you don't have this configured, you should be able to access the Stata package directory using a standard github.io URL, such as `http://leeper.github.io/statpkg/`.)

Here's a simple example:

```

* net FROM THE SITE

. net from http://thomasleeper.com/statapkg/

* SEE WHAT'S IN THE PACKAGE DIRECTORY

. net

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http://thomasleeper.com/statapkg/

Some kind of package title and maybe your name

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PACKAGES you could -net describe-:

    helloworld        Package description

    goodbyeworld      Package description

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* DESCRIBE A PACKAGE FROM THE REPO

. net describe helloworld

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package helloworld from http://thomasleeper.com/statapkg

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TITLE

      helloworld | Package Description

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)

      Distribution-date: 2014-05-29

      Author Name (Author Email)

      More details

INSTALLATION FILES                           (type net install helloworld)

      helloworld/helloworld.ado

      helloworld/helloworld.hlp

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* INSTALL THE helloworld PACKAGE FROM THE SITE

. net install helloworld

checking helloworld consistency and verifying not already installed...

installing into c:\ado\plus\...

installation complete.

* RUN THE COMMAND

. helloworld

hello world!

```

All of the packages in the directory need their own `pkgname.pkg` file at the top-level of the repo. They also need to be listed in `stata.toc` so that the `net` command can see them. Each package is then listed in its own directory, with a separate .ado and .hlp file. Other files could also be listed in there, such as data file or whatever.