In this tutorial, we will be installing RStudio Server on Void Linux.
Before we get started, we need to make sure that we have the following:
RStudio requires R to be installed on the system. We can install R using the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S R
RStudio Server requires several dependencies. We can install them using the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S libuuid-devel openssl-devel pcre-devel readline-devel zlib-devel libgit2-devel
We can download RStudio Server from https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/#Server. Download the appropriate version for your system.
Once downloaded, extract the tarball using the following command:
tar xvzf rstudio-x.x.x.tar.gz
Change into the extracted directory using the following command:
cd rstudio-x.x.x
Run the following command to start the installation:
sudo ./install-rstudio-server
The installation process should take a few minutes to complete.
Once the installation is complete, we need to configure RStudio Server. Open the configuration file using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/rstudio/rserver.conf
Add the following lines to the configuration file:
auth-required-user-group=rstudio_users
server-daemonize=0
Save the file and exit.
We can start RStudio Server using the following command:
sudo rstudio-server start
We can access RStudio Server by navigating to the following URL in a web browser:
http://<server-ip-address>:8787
Replace <server-ip-address> with the IP address of the server.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install and configure RStudio Server on Void Linux. We can now use RStudio Server for remote data analysis and visualization.
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