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Based on https://github.com/OSC/bc_osc_rstudio_server.
# Description
This guide is a help to install the OOD RStudio Server app without requiring PRoot and/or Singularity. Prior to RStudio Server 1.3###, some hard-coded file paths caused a conflict when running multiple RStudio Server instances on the same server, as is the case when more than one OOD job launches to the same compute node. PRoot/Singularity fixed this issue by creating a unique TMP_DIR which was mounted into the container at /tmp. This fix successfully separated multiple instances running on the same server. To my knowledge, this was the primary benefit of using PRoot/Singularity.
Starting in RStudio Server 1.3###, the developers added environment variables to control the location of those hard-coded files. This means that (in our case at least) PRoot/Singularity is no longer required for the OOD RStudio Server App.
# Setup without PRoot/Singularity
RStudio Server 1.3.959 enables RStudio OOD app to run without PRoot or Singularity. The developers added two flags for rserver that allow control of previously hard-coded file paths. You might still need PRoot or Singularity depending on your HPC environment, so your mileage may vary.
RStudio Server 1.3.959 enables RStudio OOD app to run without PRoot or Singularity. The developers added two flags for rserver that allow control of previously hard-coded file paths. However, you might still need PRoot or Singularity for some other reason depending on your HPC environment.
## Install RStudio Server 1.3.959 CentOS 6/7
The simplest way is to install using the RPM installer provided by RStudio.
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