Ubuntu R Stack – Install & Test Scripts

Shell scripts to set up R environment on Ubuntu:

• R base
• tidyverse
• RStudio Desktop
• Shiny (pkg)
• Shiny Server
• main.sh
• Docker tests

What each script does

install_r_ubuntu.sh - Installs R from the CRAN apt repo (noble/jammy/focal). --dev adds build tools & headers.

install_tidyverse_systemwide.sh - Installs tidyverse for all users (system-wide) and needed Ubuntu libraries.

install_rstudio_ubuntu.sh - Installs RStudio Desktop (stable → daily fallback), handles Ubuntu 24.04 t64 libs, and fixes libffmpeg.so on minimal images. Supports:

• --no-runtime (skip extra GUI/Chromium libs)
• --channel stable | daily | auto
• --try-run (allows rstudio --version as root with --no-sandbox)
• --force

install_shiny_systemwide_ubuntu.sh - Installs Shiny (R package) system-wide + common build/runtime libs.

install_shiny_server_ubuntu.sh - Installs Shiny Server with a choice of source:

• --source ubuntu (APT, auto-updates),
• --source upstream [--version X] (Posit .deb, newest).
• Optional: --no-sample, --no-start, --force, --cran URL.

main.sh - Orchestrates the above via CLI flags or an interactive menu.

Non-interactive examples

Everything: R + tidyverse + RStudio + Shiny (R pkg)

• bash main.sh --all --dev # add --dev to include compilers/headers
• bash main.sh --all --no-dev

Individual pieces

• bash main.sh --r-only --dev
• bash main.sh --tidyverse-only
• bash main.sh --rstudio-only
• bash main.sh --shiny-only
• bash main.sh --shiny-server-only

Extra flags via environment variables

RStudio installer flags (examples)

• RSTUDIO_FLAGS="--try-run" bash main.sh --rstudio-only
• RSTUDIO_FLAGS="--no-runtime --channel daily" bash main.sh --rstudio-only

Shiny Server installer flags (choose source)

• SHINY_SERVER_FLAGS="--source ubuntu" bash main.sh --shiny-server-only
• SHINY_SERVER_FLAGS="--source upstream --version 1.5.23.1030" bash main.sh --shiny-server-only

CRAN mirror for R package installs (tidyverse/shiny)

• CRAN=https://cloud.r-project.org bash main.sh --shiny-only