Install Shiny Server (& R) on Ubuntu 12 64bit
64 bit only #
in: /etc/apt/sources.list
add: deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/
sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys E084DAB9
// [i didn’t do this step] sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marutter/rdev
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
// if not R is not updated, then will get error: package ‘shiny’ is not available (for R version 2.14.1)
// then follow ref 2 (official intro):
sudo apt-get install r-base
sudo su -
-c “R -e "install.packages(‘shiny’, repos=‘http://cran.rstudio.com/')"”
sudo apt-get install gdebi-core
wget http://download3.rstudio.org/ubuntu-12.04/x86_64/shiny-server-1.2.3.368-amd64.deb
sudo gdebi shiny-server-1.2.3.368-amd64.deb
Next Steps
Once installed, view the Administrator’s Guide to learn how to manage and configure Shiny Server. Stay up to date on RStudio Server news and software updates by subscribing above.
ref:
1. http://askubuntu.com/questions/218708/installing-latest-version-of-r-base
