Question: How can I easily install R & RStudio on Debian 12/11/10 Linux server/Desktop? R is a programming language commonly used for statistical computing and graphical representation of data.
Rstudio on the other hand is an integrated development environment for R with a variety of robust tools for plotting, viewing history, debugging and managing your workspace. Two versions of RStudio are available – open source or commercial.
Features of RStudio
- Runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS
- Syntax highlighting, code completion, and smart indentation
- Integrated support for Git and Subversion
- Execute R code directly from the source editor
- Quickly jump to function definitions
- Easily manage multiple working directories using projects
- Integrated R help and documentation
- Interactive debugger to diagnose and fix errors quickly
- Extensive package development tools
- Support for interactive graphics with Shiny and ggvis
- Supports authoring HTML, PDF, Word Documents, and slide shows
By choosing the commercial edition, you get additional features such as Access to priority email support and 8 hour response during business hours (ET). Learn more about RStudio editions and features.
This article will cover installation of Open source edition of RStudio released under AGPL License.
Step 1: Update system
Like always, update system package index, and optionally upgrade all installed packages to latest.
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y upgradeStep 2: Install R on Debian
We need to install r-base package which contains the basic R functions that let you perform arithmetic operations and basic programming in R. Use the command below to install.
sudo apt -y install r-baseStep 3: Download and Install RStudio
Now visit the RStudio downloads page to grab the latest release of RStudio for Debian based Linux distributions.
sudo apt -y install wget
wget https://download1.rstudio.org/electron/focal/amd64/rstudio-2023.06.1-524-amd64.deb
sudo apt install -f ./rstudio-2023.06.1-524-amd64.debIf you encounter any dependency problems, run:
sudo apt -f installStep 4: Launch RStudio on Debian
Launch RStudio from Applications search section of your Desktop Environment or from the terminal.
For terminal, run:
rstudioIts UI looks like this.
You have installed R and Rstudio on Debian Linux distribution.
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