Installing Shiny server (open-source version)

[prubin]

I'm looking to install the open-source version of Shiny server. A Google search found lots of related posts/sites, some possibly outdated, but when it comes to downloading the software all of them lead (directly or by redirection) to "Appendix - Shiny Server Pro".

• Is the download link there ( https://download3.rstudio.org/ubuntu-20.04/x86_64/shiny-server-1.5.23.1030-amd64.deb) correct for the open-source version or would I be downloading the pro version (or are they the same)?
• Is the link for the current version or, if not, is there somewhere I can go to find the current version?

Thanks for any clues.

[vedoa]

Hi @prubin ,

I would suggest looking at how the Rocker project does it. More specifically: rocker-versioned2/scripts/install_shiny_server.sh at master · rocker-org/rocker-versioned2 · GitHub .

I am aware that this is for their docker builds but they put a lot of thought into automating the install steps around tools like the shiny server, so you can take some hints from them how they proceed at keeping the server up to date.

Hope it helps.

[prubin]

Thanks @vedoa ! I'll see what I can glean from the install script.