setup

# Install base R:
sudo apt-get install r-base

# Install wget:
sudo apt-get install wget

# Install RStudio for Debian 10 / Ubuntu 18 / Ubuntu 20 (check latest release)
sudo apt-get install gdebi-core
wget https://download2.rstudio.org/server/bionic/amd64/rstudio-server-1.4.1717-amd64.deb
sudo gdebi rstudio-server-1.4.1717-amd64.deb

# After installation you should be able to navigate a web browser to the following address to access the server:
http://<server-ip>:8787



# Install the Shiny R package before installing Shiny Server:
sudo su - \
-c "R -e \"install.packages('shiny', repos='https://cran.rstudio.com/')\""

# Install shiny server: (check latest release)
wget https://download3.rstudio.org/ubuntu-14.04/x86_64/shiny-server-1.5.16.958-amd64.deb
sudo gdebi shiny-server-1.5.16.958-amd64.deb

# After installation you should be able to navigate a web browser to the following address to access the shiny server:
http://<server-ip>:3838



# Before installing the common R packages:
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev