Install Shiny Server on Raspberry Pi with R

It's time to have a Shiny Pi...

Yes, your Raspberry Pi can easily serve as a Shiny Server for you. You can host your own Shiny Apps, with complete control on your environment! The following scripts should allow you to do it easily.

Notes to self:

While your Raspberry Pi will be operating as a server, please remember that it is a small sized server - please manage your expectations along the lines of the hardware configuration of your Pi. If in dobut, give us a shout.

If you are wondering.. why host my apps on a Pi? and why not continue on shinyapps.io?.. the answer is quite simple, if you want to gain some basic web development / web engineering skills and enjoy having full control of the server, then it's quite straightforward and rewarding to get started on a Pi. Conversely, if you just want ease of use, then head straight onto https://www.shinyapps.io/.

Contents

• Warnings
• Inportant Tasks Solved in the Script
• Installation with Stable R
• Uninstall Shiny-Server and R

Warnings

These scripts are provided "as is" with no warranty of any kind. As such, users should read the script to ensure they are confident in its integrity.

Important Tasks Solved in the Script

• Handles system library dependencies for installing and running a Shiny Server
• Installs all R packages required for Shiny Server to start and index.html to successfully open
• Edits external/node/install-node.sh to obtain the correct NodeJS installation for a Raspberry Pi
• Builds Shiny Server via packaging/make-package.sh
• Configures Shiny Server, sets up initial server applications, and places all the required system directories
• Resolves Pandoc issues arising from Shiny Server using it's packaged Pandoc distribution by removing this directory and giving the system-installed version precedence

Installation with Stable R

The provided Stable_RPiShinyServer.sh script will install the latest Shiny Server distribution along with the stable R version via the following command (N.B. the script takes awhile to run due to the R library installations):

wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MDSharma/Shiny-Futures-with-RaspberryPi-OS/master/StableInstall_RPiShinyServer.sh | bash

Uninstall Shiny Server and R

To remove Shiny Server AND R, please run the following command to execute the Uninstall_RPiShinyServer.sh script:

wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MDSharma/Shiny-Futures-with-RaspberryPi-OS/master/Uninstall_RPiShinyServer.sh | bash

If you would only like to remove Shiny Server, please look into this script and only use what you need.