Cannot install R Shiny Server on WSL Ubuntu 18.04

Question

I am unable to install Shiny server on my WSL Ubuntu 18.04 LTS I get the error after I run this line: wget https://download3.rstudio.org/ubuntu-14.04/x86_64/shiny-server-1.5.9.923-amd64.deb sudo gdebi shiny-server-1.5.9.923-amd64.deb

This is the error I keep getting:

/var/lib/dpkg/info/shiny-server.postinst: 97: /var/lib/dpkg/info/shiny-server.postinst: initctl: not found /var/lib/dpkg/info/shiny-server.postinst: 99: /var/lib/dpkg/info/shiny-server.postinst: initctl: not found

Kindly help.

Tried changing the initctl in /var/lib/dpkg/info/shiny-server.postinst to systemctl but it did not help

I followed the instructions on the R shiny server page

Answer 1

This is working as of July,2020. No need to build from source.

wget https://download3.rstudio.org/ubuntu-14.04/x86_64/shiny-server-1.5.14.948-amd64.deb
sudo gdebi shiny-server-1.5.14.948-amd64.deb