I installed the Assistant first and started the free trial second. When I open Posit Assistant I get: "Error: Failed to start Chat backend: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden".
If I click on "Sign IN" In Global Options | Assistent, I see a spinner with "Signing in..." but then nothing happens.
I tried uninstalling the Assistant and then install again with the same result.
RStudio 2026.04.0 Build 526 on Manjaro
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I clicked on "Diagnostics" in Global Options | Assistent. The diagnostic log is found in: .local/share/rstudio/log/. RStudio expects a bundled Node.js at a hardcoded path that doesn't exist when installed via AUR: /usr/lib/rstudio/dependencies/common/node/25.9.0-installed/bin/node
FIX: Install nodejs system-wide (if not already present) and create a symlink from that path (usually /usr/bin/node) to the system Node.js:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/rstudio/dependencies/common/node/25.9.0-installed/bin
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/node /usr/lib/rstudio/dependencies/common/node/25.9.0-installed/bin/node
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