rstudio doesn't start normally on ubuntu 18.04

[locklseycz]

Hi, I searched through the forum but didn't find the same issue.

I have followed these instructions for installation: RStudio Server - Posit
When i start rstudio I get the following:

This happens on nearly out of box Ubuntu 18.04.

Any help is appreciated!

[nirgrahamuk]

let me check first of all.
do you intend to use Rstudio, or Rstudio Server.
These are two different products.

[locklseycz]

Thanks! I am looking to use rstudio

[nirgrahamuk]

Then please see this list

Posit

[locklseycz]

Thanks, that worked. Although rstudio must be run with admin permissions - what if a user without these wants to run it?

[nirgrahamuk]

They should contact their admin

[locklseycz]

not very helpful... I am clearly talking about me running it as a regular user, without sudo. And my question is why should this be required.

[nirgrahamuk]

I meant no offence, it wasn't clear that you were a desktop user acting as their own 'admin'. Many users of R are not. I have experience as an R user on windows desktop, as well as my companies hosted R server, on a commercial linux platform. As such I have an Admin (his name is Miles, and he's wonderful).

As I am not a desktop Linux user myself, I am not best placed to advise you how to configure your system for convenience in this regard, and will leave that to others. Best wishes to you.

[locklseycz]

Okay, fair enough. Thanks.

[jlacko]

This is unusual.

Are you certain you have installed correctly both the RStudio Desktop for Ubuntu 18 and the R backend?

In Ubuntu this is done the easiest by installing package r-base-core but you would probably want a higher version than the 3.4.4 that is shipped with Bionic

[locklseycz]

Yes, I did install R 3.6 that way and still get that

[jlacko]

That is a pity, because if you did not it would have helped to install R - a quick and easy win

Just to double check that R is working correctly try running R in console - you should get a note about a Dark and Stormy Night; type q() to quit.

If R in console works as expected you will have confirmed that the issue is with RStudio. I would start with reinstalling (just in case) and if the easy way of the binary does not cut it than the long way of installing from source it must be...

[kevinushey]

Could you create and share a diagnostics report with us?

[kevinushey]

Also, one thing you might want to check -- does your user account have permissions to access the folder located at ~/.rstudio-desktop? Fixing permissions there may help:

sudo chown -R "$(whoami)" ~/.rstudio-desktop  # RStudio Desktop
sudo chown -R "$(whoami)" ~/.rstudio          # RStudio Server

[locklseycz]

Hi Kevin,

thanks, yes, it was the permission of the .rstudio-desktop folder. It works as expected now.

Thanks!