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Installing R and RStudio on Chromebook Samsung 3

I have been trying to but struggling to install R and RStudio on my Chromebook Samsung 3. I have it set-up with Crouton with XFCE/Xiwi and use Trusty. I can install R just fine but either can't install Rstudio at all or can get the icon for Rstudio to show up but nothing happens when I click on it. Can someone give me a process on how to install these effectively on my device?

Solution

  • UPDATE 2020:

    I am no longer using Crouton, but rather the built in Linux option (Crostini). In the Linux terminal, I did the following:

    sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo apt-get update --fix-missing; sudo apt autoclean; sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt install -y gnupg2

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key 'E19F5F87128899B192B1A2C2AD5F960A256A04AF'

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

    Add this line. Can use a different mirror if desired. (Note: older versions of Crostini were running Stretch by default instead of Buster)

    deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/debian buster-cran35/

    Then back in the terminal

    sudo apt-get install xclip

sudo apt install -y r-base r-base-dev

sudo apt-get install gdebi-core

sudo apt install -y libgstreamer1.0 libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0 libxslt-dev libnss3

sudo apt --fix-broken install

sudo curl -o rstudio.deb https://download1.rstudio.org/desktop/bionic/amd64/rstudio-1.2.5033-amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i rstudio.deb

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo apt --fix-broken install; sudo apt-get update --fix-missing; sudo apt autoclean; sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get autoremove

    ORIGINAL ANSWER:

    It admittedly took me a long time, but I was finally able to install R and RStudio on my Chromebook Samsung 3. I have it set-up with Crouton with XFCE/Xiwi and use Trusty. After setting up Crouton, etc. here is what I had to do in the Linux terminal:

    sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-get install selinux-policy-default
sudo apt-get install libqpol1

    Add these lines:

    deb https://<FOO>/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/
deb https://<FOO>/ trusty-backports main restricted universe

    to file

    /etc/apt/sources.list

    (replace FOO with the CRAN mirror of your choice and replace trusty if applicable)

    Terminal:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base
sudo apt-get install r-base-dev
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marutter/rrutter
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt upgrade r-base r-base-dev
sudo apt-get install gdebi-core
wget https://download2.rstudio.org/rstudio-server-1.1.442-amd64.deb
sudo gdebi rstudio-server-1.1.442-amd64.deb
wget https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-0.99.896-amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install libxslt1-dev
sudo gdebi rstudio-0.99.896-amd64.deb
cd /usr/bin/
rstudio