You will need to input the password for your Linux account and it will take a while as a lot of packages need to be updated.

Use the following commands to upgrade Ubuntu packages.

This is the command line interface for the Ubuntu Linux operating system.

Go to Windows Start to launch the “Ubuntu on Windows”.

RStudio has provided a very good guide on the installation of RStudio Server on WSL. Install RStudio Sever on Ubuntu through WSL I’d vote it as the greatest software from Microsoft in the most recent years (WSL was introduced in 2016) You can also access to all your local hard disks through /mnt folder. It is so convenient as it is just running an application on Windows. It is labeled as “Ubuntu on Windows” on my computer.

You may launch the Ubuntu system through the Windows Start menu. Now, you have the Ubuntu Linux operating system running on your Windows operating system through the Windows Subsystem for Linux. After installation, I need to assign an UNIX username and password which is the username for the new Ubuntu Linux operating system. It may return multiple results and I just use the default one.Īfter downloading the app, Open it to initiate the installation. Go to the Microsoft Store and search for Ubuntu. The simplest way to install Ubuntu on WSL is through the Microsoft Store. The system needs to be restarted after the enabler. Go to your Windows PowerShell and use the following command to enable the WSL: Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux Before we install the RStudio Server, we need to do the following two things: Enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) I tried dual OS booting and virtual machine before but not very convenient. Microsoft has introduced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) which makes running Linux on Windows much easier.For one project, RStudio Server saves half of the running time. This is particularly true when I am doing deep learning and working with larger dataset. RStudio Server is much faster as it is based on Linux.RStudio on Windows sometimes crashes, especially during live demo teaching and working on larger data.I decided to try RStudio Server (currently on Linux only) for the following reasons:

I am mainly on Windows and have been using RStudio on Windows for many years.

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