RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for the R programming language. It comes in two versions: Desktop and Server. RStudio Server allows you to use RStudio through a web browser, which makes it easier to manage and access your R programming tools.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install RStudio Server on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before we start, let's update our system by running the following command:
sudo zypper update
This will ensure that all packages are up to date.
RStudio Server requires an R installation. To install R, run the following command:
sudo zypper install -y R
This will install the latest version of R on your system.
Visit the RStudio website and download the latest version of RStudio Server.
wget https://download2.rstudio.org/server/latest/rstudio-server-latest-x86_64.rpm
Install RStudio Server by running the following command:
sudo zypper install -y rstudio-server-latest-x86_64.rpm
This will install RStudio Server along with all the required dependencies.
To start RStudio Server, use the following command:
sudo systemctl start rstudio-server
To check the status of RStudio Server, use the following command:
sudo systemctl status rstudio-server
If everything is working fine, you should see an output similar to the following:
● rstudio-server.service - RStudio Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rstudio-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-11-28 21:25:09 UTC; 2s ago
Main PID: 25455 (rserver)
CGroup: /system.slice/rstudio-server.service
└─25455 /usr/lib/rstudio-server/bin/rserver
You can now access RStudio Server by entering the IP address of your server in a web browser, followed by the port number 8787.
http://SERVER_IP_ADDRESS:8787/
You will be prompted to enter your Linux user credentials to log in. Once you are logged in, you can start using RStudio Server from your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install RStudio Server on OpenSUSE Latest. With RStudio Server, you can easily manage and access your R programming tools from a web browser.
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