RStudio Server with X11

[djhurio]

I have a CentOS 7 machine with the RStudio Server installed. There are R packages which require X11 to be available.

I can run R from terminal with X11 enabled. I can run RStudio Desktop from the Gnome GUI with X11 enabled. However, when I run RStudio Server from the web GUI X11 is not available.

Is there any way how to make X11 available when running R from the RStudio Server web GUI?

Related but there is not an answer to my question:

RStudio server running with X forwarding?

We have RStudio Server running in our infrastructure. We connect to the default port it is being forwarded to with a web browser. I'm unable to open X11 related graphics devices. Is it RStudio Server configuration or server-side configuration which which enable X forwarding through the connected session? For example, when running quartz() in the console I receive the following error: quartz() Warning message: In quartz() : Quartz device is not available on this platform And when running xclock in the Terminal emulator I receive the following error: Error: Can't open display: :0 Any guidance would helpful, I'm working with our IT techs to get this issue ironed out.

[malcook]

which specific packages are you referring to that require X11 to be available?

[djhurio]

It is the package gWidgets2tcltk. Here is the related issue we have announced:

Package cannot be installed on Centos7

Thanks!

[malcook]

If you really must do this, an approach is outlined here: https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019922654-Working-with-packages-that-require-X11-and-or-cairo-on-RStudio-Server-Pro