How to install RStudio Server in Ubuntu?

RStudio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the R programmers which includes different tools like code editors, builds automation, debugger, etc. RStudio comes in two different versions i.e. RStudio IDE and RStudio server.

If you are using a command-line-based system without GUI then still you can use RStudio IDE and other R development tools by installing the RStudio server on this system and accessing it remotely through a browser.

In this article, I will show you the steps to set up an RStudio Server in Ubuntu.

Prerequisites

A system with a recent version of the Ubuntu server (here I will use Ubuntu server 20.04 LTS ) installed on it.
You should have root access to the system
Install a recent version of R on your system

Installing RStudio Server in Ubuntu

Before you run the command to install RStudio Server, make sure you have R programming is installed on your system.

You can simply install the R programming language by using the given command in your terminal –

sudo apt install r-base -y

Next, use the following command to install Gdebi for installing RStudio debian package on your system –

sudo apt install gdebi-core -y

Download RStudio Server deb package by using –

wget https://download2.rstudio.org/server/bionic/amd64/rstudio-server-2021.09.0-351-amd64.deb

Finally, run the given command to install the RStudio server in your system –

sudo gdebi rstudio-server-2021.09.0-351-amd64.deb

Once the installation is complete the Rstudio server will be started automatically you can check its status by using the given command –

sudo systemctl status rstudio-server

This should display the output as given in the image below.

Open and access RStudio Server

You have successfully installed RStudio Server on a Ubuntu system. To access RStudio remotely open a browser on another system and enter the given URL –