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Installation notes for R version xxx

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Prerequisites

None

R Installation

1. $ sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev
2. To update from version 3.0.3 to 3.1.2 on Ubuntu 14.04
   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27272149/update-r-version-from-3-0-3-to-3-1-2
3. To update on Ubuntu 16.04
   https://www.r-bloggers.com/how-to-install-r-on-linux-ubuntu-16-04-xenial-xerus/

RStudio Server Installation

Reference instructions and download

1. $ cd /programinstallers
2. $ sudo apt-get install gdebi-core
3. $ wget https://download2.rstudio.org/rstudio-server-1.1.453-amd64.deb
4. $ sudo gdebi rstudio-server-1.1.453-amd64.deb
5. Add to iptables:
   # RStudio Server
   -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8787 -j ACCEPT
6. Our user accounts are < 1000, so we need to change this
   $ sudo nano /etc/rstudio/rserver.conf
   # Server Configuration File
   auth-minimum-user-id=500
7. $ sudo rstudio-server restart
8. Connect with web browser to port 8787 http://server.name:8787