RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. It includes a console, syntax-highlighting editor that supports direct code execution, as well as tools for plotting, history, debugging and workspace management. For more information, see https://www.rstudio.com/products/RStudio/

Accessing RStudio

LMM users

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1. First SSH into head.arcc.albany.edu, you can follow the tutorial here: How-to: Connect via SSH (PuTTY, macOS terminal, X2Go)

2. Run the following command:

   Code Block
   language bash
   cp /network/rit/misc/software/singularity/rstudio4.23.01.sbatch .

3. Now you can edit this file with vim, gedit, emacs, etc to request the amount of resources you need. Follow the FAQ page How-to: Scheduling via SLURM to learn about some of the #SBATCH commands in the file.

4. After changing the #SBATCH commands to suit your needs, run:

   Code Block
   language bash
   sbatch ~/rstudio4.23.01.sbatch

5. A log file will be generated in your home directory once your jobs spawns, following the naming convention rstudio_######.log, which documents how to connect to the server and kill the server when you are finished. Note that you must use the randomly generated password to log in

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