Syksy / TownforgeR

An R-package for interacting with the Townforge blockchain
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Create and document a user-friendly installation procedure #5

Open Rucknium opened 3 years ago

Rucknium commented 3 years ago

Also linked with this: https://github.com/Rucknium/TownforgeR/issues/3

Syksy commented 3 years ago

I've looked into multiple options (including ones that help users bypass R installation); some collections:

http://blog.analytixware.com/2014/03/packaging-your-shiny-app-as-windows.html

https://www.r-bloggers.com/2014/04/deploying-desktop-apps-with-r/

https://foretodata.com/how-to-make-a-standalone-desktop-application-with-shiny-and-electron-on-windows/

https://www.ficonsulting.com/filabs/RInno

... mostly written for Windows, and I think Linux is not going to be very realistic for easy deployment of an R Shiny app. An old SE question had quite a good summary of even more recent approaches:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15884975/possible-to-run-rshiny-app-without-opening-an-r-environment