RStudio Server provides a web-based interface to RStudio on a Linux server. This means that users can access RStudio from any web browser.
In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps to install RStudio Server on Linux Mint Latest.
Before installing RStudio Server, make sure that you have the following:
The first step is to install R. To do this, open a terminal and enter the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base
This will install the latest version of R on your system.
Next, we need to install gdebi-core, a command-line tool for installing deb files. To install gdebi-core, enter the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install gdebi-core
Now, we can download and install RStudio Server. First, go to the RStudio Server download page and download the latest version of RStudio Server for Ubuntu. At the time of writing this tutorial, the latest version is 1.4.1106.
Once the download is complete, navigate to the directory where the download is saved and enter the following command to install RStudio Server:
sudo gdebi rstudio-server-1.4.1106-amd64.deb
Note that the name of the deb file may be different if you downloaded a different version.
After the installation is complete, you can start RStudio Server by entering the following command in the terminal:
sudo rstudio-server start
You should see a message that indicates RStudio Server is running:
Starting RStudio Server...
RStudio Server is running at http://localhost:8787/
Now that RStudio Server is up and running, you can access it from any web browser by navigating to the server's IP address or hostname followed by port 8787. For example, if your server's IP address is 192.168.1.100, you can access RStudio Server by entering the following URL in your web browser:
http://192.168.1.100:8787/
You should be prompted to enter your system username and password, after which you will be logged into RStudio Server.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed RStudio Server on Linux Mint Latest. You can now access RStudio from any web browser and start working on your R projects.
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