How to Install RStudio Server on Fedora CoreOS Latest

RStudio Server is a web-based graphical integrated development environment (IDE) for R language. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install RStudio Server on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Installation

  1. Open the terminal or SSH into the Fedora CoreOS machine.

  2. Update the package repositories by running the following command:

sudo dnf update
  1. Install the necessary dependencies for RStudio Server by running the following command:
sudo dnf install openssl-devel libcurl-devel git
  1. Install the latest version of R by executing following commands:
sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled updates-testing
sudo dnf install R
  1. Download the latest version of RStudio Server from the official website. You can do this by visiting the following URL:
https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download-server/
  1. Copy the URL of the RStudio Server package for Fedora CoreOS.

  2. Use the following command to download the RStudio Server package:

sudo wget <paste the copied URL here>
  1. Extract the downloaded package using the following command:
sudo tar -xzf <name of the downloaded package>
  1. Move the extracted directory to /usr/local/ using the following command:
sudo mv <name of the extracted directory> /usr/local/
  1. Create a symbolic link to /usr/local//bin/rstudio-server using the following command:
sudo ln -s /usr/local/<name of the extracted directory>/bin/rstudio-server /usr/bin/rstudio-server
  1. Start the RStudio Server by running the following command:
sudo rstudio-server start
  1. Open your web browser and type the IP address or hostname of the Fedora CoreOS machine followed by :8787 in the address bar. For example:
http://192.168.1.10:8787/
  1. Enter your Linux username and password to log in to the RStudio Server. You can now use RStudio Server for R programming from any web browser.

Conclusion

This tutorial has shown you how to install RStudio Server on Fedora CoreOS Latest. It will give you a web-based graphical integrated development environment (IDE) for R language.

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