How to Install RStudio Server on EndeavourOS Latest

RStudio Server allows you to access RStudio from a web browser. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the installation of RStudio Server on EndeavourOS Latest.

Requirements

EndeavourOS Latest installed
Root access

Step 1: Update the system

Before installing RStudio Server, make sure your system is up to date by running the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

This will update all the packages to their latest version.

Step 2: Install R and its dependencies

RStudio requires R to be installed on the system. To install R and its dependencies, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S r

Step 3: Download and install RStudio Server

You can download the RStudio Server package from the official website using the following command:

wget https://download2.rstudio.org/server/bionic/amd64/rstudio-server-1.4.1106-amd64.deb

Note that you can replace the URL with the latest version available.

Once the package is downloaded, install it using the following command:

sudo dpkg -i rstudio-server-1.4.1106-amd64.deb

This will install RStudio Server on your system.

Step 4: Start the RStudio Server service

To start the RStudio Server service, run the following commands:

sudo systemctl enable rstudio-server
sudo systemctl start rstudio-server

This will enable the service to start automatically at boot time and start it immediately.

Step 5: Access RStudio Server

Now that RStudio Server is installed and running, you can access it by opening your web browser and navigating to the following URL:

https://localhost:8787/

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install RStudio Server on EndeavourOS Latest. You can now use RStudio from any web browser on your system. Enjoy!