Ubuntu step by step install instructions

Complete list of instructions for installing Shiny Server and its prerequisites on Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 12.10

# Install Node.js
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties python g++ make
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

# Install R
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu quantal/'
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev

# Install Shiny in system-wide library
sudo su - -c "R -e \\"install.packages('shiny', repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')\\""

sudo npm install -g shiny-server

# Install Upstart script
sudo wget\
  https://raw.github.com/rstudio/shiny-server/master/config/upstart/shiny-server.conf\
  -O /etc/init/shiny-server.conf

# Create a system account to run Shiny apps
sudo useradd -r shiny
# Create a root directory for your website
sudo mkdir -p /var/shiny-server/www
# Create a directory for application logs
sudo mkdir -p /var/shiny-server/log

# Start Shiny
sudo start shiny-server

# Optional: Install examples to test
sudo cp -R /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/shiny/examples /var/shiny-server/www/

Now open a browser to http://<hostname>:3838/examples/ and see if they work.

Ubuntu 12.04

The same as above, except when installing R this line:

sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu quantal/'

must be replaced with:

sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/'