R studio not working on ubuntu 16.04

Question

I converted to Ubuntu today, but have a problems launching R studio. I installed R through the command prompt like this:

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key E084DAB9

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/">> /etc/apt/sources.list'

gpg -a --export E084DAB9 | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get -y install r-base

I cheked if R was installed proper by typing R and then exiting by q(save="no") .

I installed R studio through the command prompt by

sudo apt-get install gdebi-core
wget https://download2.rstudio.org/rstudio-server-0.99.902-amd64.deb
sudo gdebi rstudio-server-0.99.902-amd64.deb

But this doesn't work and i can't find the launch button or open R studio. Afterwards i tried to remove it and install it through the website but doesn't work either. What should i do?

Answer 1

There is no lauch button -- you connect to port 8787 on the machine running RStudio Server.

In other words, type http://localhost:8787 in the address bar of your browser. You should see a login screen with the RStudio logo. This connects you to your RStudio Server .

If you want to run the Desktop version you need to install the other available .deb package.

Answer 2

For those on Ubuntu 16.10, or who prefer to use the desktop version of RStudio, you may wish to follow the solution posted by Mike Williamson reproduced below:

1) Get the latest R Studio Daily Build here , though note that it's not necessarily stable.

2) Install, chaning the name of the package to the one you downloaded - perhaps easiest if you go to your Downloads directory - and you'll probably find that there are missing packages:

$ sudo dpkg -i rstudio-1.0.124-amd64.deb

3) Download the missing packages (the lack of which causes the installation to fail):

$ wget http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gstreamer0.10/libgstreamer0.10-0_0.10.36-1.5_amd64.deb

$ wget http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gst-plugins-base0.10/libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0_0.10.36-2_amd64.deb

4) Install them:

$ sudo dpkg -i libgstreamer0.10-0_0.10.36-1.5_amd64.deb

$ sudo dpkg -i libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0_0.10.36-2_amd64.deb

5) Make sure they don't get over-written at the next software update:

$ sudo apt-mark hold libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0

$ sudo apt-mark hold libgstreamer0.10

6) Install RStudio (changing name to the version you downloaded):

sudo gdebi rstudio-1.1.5-amd64.deb

7) Launch RStudio:

rstudio