install rstudio-server - Githubissues

They make it really hard, but it is possible to use rstudio-server as a normal user like jupyter-notebook

The rstudio-server stable install is broken on Ubuntu 20+, need a daily:

https://dailies.rstudio.com/

Download the latest deb file

Use dpkg -x to extract the entire deb into the quarantine install directory, /opt/quarantine/software/rstudio-server/<version>/install

Write a wrapper script rstudio-server in the top-level install directory that people will actually run (chmod +x), contents:

set -euo pipefail

#set -x

SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )

function EPHEMERAL_PORT() {
    LOW_BOUND=49152
    RANGE=16384
    while true; do
        CANDIDATE=$[$LOW_BOUND + ($RANDOM % $RANGE)]
        (echo -n "" >/dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/${CANDIDATE}) >/dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
            echo $CANDIDATE
            break
        fi
    done
}

PORT=$(EPHEMERAL_PORT)
RSTUDIO_SERVER_BASE=$HOME/.local/rstudio-server

mkdir -p ${RSTUDIO_SERVER_BASE}
echo "directory=${RSTUDIO_SERVER_BASE}" >  ${RSTUDIO_SERVER_BASE}/database.conf
echo "r-restore-workspace=0" > ${RSTUDIO_SERVER_BASE}/rsession.conf

echo "R_LIBS_SITE=${R_LIBS}" > ~/.Renviron

echo rstudio-server listening on http://127.0.0.1:${PORT}
echo "Press Ctrl-C when done to shutdown"

${SCRIPT_DIR}/bin/rserver \
--server-working-dir $PWD \
--auth-none=1 \
--www-frame-origin=same \
--www-port=${PORT} \
--www-address=127.0.0.1 \
--www-verify-user-agent=0 \
--server-data-dir=${RSTUDIO_SERVER_BASE} \
--server-pid-file=${RSTUDIO_SERVER_BASE}/rstudio.pid \
--server-user=$USER \
--database-config-file=${RSTUDIO_SERVER_BASE}/database.conf \
--rsession-config-file=${RSTUDIO_SERVER_BASE}/rsession.conf

DouglasNeuroInformatics / software_quarantine

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