How to install RStudio on a Chromebook in 2023


Today we are looking at how to install  R-base and RStudio on a Chromebook.  Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below.

This tutorial will only work on Chromebooks with an Intel or AMD CPU (with Linux Apps Support) and not those with an ARM64 architecture CPU.

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Commands Used:
1) sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/oldsources.list
2) sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list
3) sudo echo deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main  | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
4) sudo apt update
5) sudo apt dist-upgrade
6) echo "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch_chrome_os_made_simple.list
7) sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys B8F25A8A73EACF41
8) sudo apt update
9) sudo apt install r-base libnss3 libssl1.0.2
10) wget https://download1.rstudio.org/electron/bionic/amd64/rstudio-2022.12.0-353-amd64.deb
11) sudo dpkg -i rstudio-2022.12.0-353-amd64.deb
12) sudo apt -f install


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