nexus-repository-dart

Nexus plugin to configure Dart repositories

Table Of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Developing
  • Tools required
  • Build the plugin
• Installing the plugin
  • Pre-built bundle
  • Bundle built locally
• Configuration
• Usage
• Team
• Getting help

Features

• [x] Dart Proxy repository

Requirements

• Nexus Repository Manager up to 3.31.0-01

This plugin has been tested on the version 3.31.0-01 and 3.31.1-01 but it may works with others versions.

Compatibility Matrix

Developing

There is goods informations about developing bundle for Nexus 3 at Bundle Development

Tools required

• Apache Maven 3
• OpenJDK 8

Build the plugin

• Clone the project with git clone ...
• Build the plugin with

cd nexus-repository-dart
mvn clean install -PbuildKar

Installing the plugin

Pre-built bundle

The pre-built bundle are directly available in the assets of releases on Github with name nexus-repository-dart-<version>-bundle.kar.

Bundle built locally

The package built like described in Developing section should be available in <cloned_repo>/target/ with name nexus-repository-dart-<version>-bundle.kar.

To install the nexus-repository-dart:

• Stop Nexus
• Copy the bundle (*.kar file) into the directory <nexus_dir>/deploy
• Start Nexus

Configuration

Go to the configuration of Nexus (admin rights) -> Repositories

Click on "Create repository" and select "dart (proxy)"

Complete the informations like others Proxy repositories. By default, the remote storage for Dart is "https://pub.dev".

Usage

To use Nexus Dart Proxy repository, it must be set as an environment variable.

• Windows command line :

set PUB_HOSTED_URL=http://[nexus_url]/repository/[repository_name]/
set FLUTTER_STORAGE_BASE_URL=http://[nexus_url]/repository/[repository_name]/

• Linux or MacOs :

export PUB_HOSTED_URL=http://[nexus_url]/repository/[repository_name]/
export FLUTTER_STORAGE_BASE_URL=http://[nexus_url]/repository/[repository_name]/

With Flutter it is possible to verify the configuration with the command flutter doctor -v

Example of result :

C:\WORKSPACES\dart_test\dart_test_project>flutter doctor -v
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.2.3, on Microsoft Windows [version 10.0.19042.630], locale fr-FR)
    • Flutter version 2.2.3 at C:\Softs\flutter
    • Framework revision f4abaa0735 (3 weeks ago), 2021-07-01 12:46:11 -0700
    • Engine revision 241c87ad80
    • Dart version 2.13.4
    • Pub download mirror http://localhost:8081/repository/dartlang/
    • Flutter download mirror http://localhost:8081/repository/dartlang/
    ...

Now, the downloads of Dart packages will works with the Nexus Dart Proxy repository.

Troubleshooting

"flutter updtate" command is not working when nexus repository dart is setted. It can break your installation and need a complete reinstall of flutter on your computer. To avoid this, environment variables PUB_HOSTED_URL and FLUTTER_STORAGE_BASE_URL must be unset before launching "flutter update".

Team

Product Owner: Cloudehard

Developer: mat1e

Getting help

Looking to contribute to our code but need some help? There's a few ways to get information:

• Check out the Nexus3 tag on Stack Overflow
• Check out the Nexus Repository User List
• Open an issue on this repository