failed compile for ubuntu20.04 on raspberry pi 4

[ChaoXu1997]

How can I compile rstudio-server on raspberry pi 4?
I try this script but it doesn't work

[myfingerhurt]

Update:2021/08/17
This won't work anymore, try v1.4.1717.

Follow this one

https://community.rstudio.com/t/setting-up-your-own-shiny-server-rstudio-server-on-a-raspberry-pi-3b/18982

But I use VERS=v1.4.1106 instead.
Letter 'v' means a success.
Tested on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS , Oracle Cloud Arm-based Ampere

    #1. Install R; Debian stretch has latest version
    sudo apt-get update
v   sudo apt-get install -y r-base r-base-dev
v   sudo apt-get install -y git r-recommended python-dev
    
    #2. Download RStudio source
    sudo -i
v   VERS=v1.4.1106
v   wget -O $VERS https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/archive/refs/tags/$VERS.tar.gz
v   mkdir  ~/rstudio-$VERS
v   tar xvf ~/$VERS -C ~/rstudio-$VERS --strip-components 1
v   rm ~/$VERS

    #3. install-common
        #a. Yarn was installed, but doesn't seem to be working :(
v       curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo -E bash -

        #b. 
v       cd ~/rstudio-$VERS/dependencies/common/

        #c. Avoid installing crashpad
v       sudo nano ~/rstudio-$VERS/dependencies/common/install-common
            # Comment these lines and add a : for nop
                # ./install-crashpad
                # sudo ./install-crashpad
v       ./install-common

     #4. Install Java SDK
v   apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jdk
v   update-java-alternatives --jre-headless --jre --set java-1.11.0-openjdk-arm64
v   update-java-alternatives -l
v   update-alternatives --config java
v   apt autoremove
    
    #5. install-dependencies
v   cd ~/rstudio-$VERS/dependencies/linux/
v   ./install-dependencies-focal --exclude-qt-sdk

    #6. build and install
v   cd ~/rstudio-$VERS/
v   rm -r ./build
v   mkdir build
v   cd build
v   cmake .. -DRSTUDIO_TARGET=Server -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
v    make install

    #7. Configure Rstudio
v   useradd -r rstudio-server
v   cp /usr/local/lib/rstudio-server/extras/init.d/debian/rstudio-server /etc/init.d/rstudio-server
v   chmod +x /etc/init.d/rstudio-server 
v   update-rc.d rstudio-server defaults
v   ln -f -s /usr/local/lib/rstudio-server/bin/rstudio-server /usr/sbin/rstudio-server
v   chmod 777 -R /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/
     mkdir -p /var/run/rstudio-server /var/lock/rstudio-server /var/log/rstudio-server /var/lib/rstudio-server
v   mkdir -p /var/run/rstudio-server
v   mkdir -p /var/lock/rstudio-server
v   mkdir -p /var/log/rstudio-server
v   mkdir -p /var/lib/rstudio-server
v   nano /etc/init.d/rstudio-server
        # Modify your PATH for using the compiled version of R
         PATH=/usr/local/bin/:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
v   systemctl daemon-reload
v   rstudio-server start

    #8. Test
v    	lsof -i -P -n | grep 8787

[r-saikat]

Hi, I got this error while following your guide and running cmake .. -DRSTUDIO_TARGET=Server -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release.

Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files:
SOCI_CORE_LIB
    linked by target "rstudio-core-tests" in directory /root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/src/cpp/core
    linked by target "rstudio-core" in directory /root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/src/cpp/core
    linked by target "rserver" in directory /root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/src/cpp/server
SOCI_POSTGRESQL_LIB
    linked by target "rstudio-core-tests" in directory /root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/src/cpp/core
    linked by target "rstudio-core" in directory /root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/src/cpp/core
    linked by target "rserver" in directory /root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/src/cpp/server
SOCI_SQLITE_LIB
    linked by target "rstudio-core-tests" in directory /root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/src/cpp/core
    linked by target "rstudio-core" in directory /root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/src/cpp/core
    linked by target "rserver" in directory /root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/src/cpp/server

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

Here is CMakeError.log

Determining if the function getpeereid exists failed with the following output:
Change Dir: /root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp

Run Build Command(s):/usr/bin/make cmTC_36468/fast && /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_36468.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_36468.dir/build
make[1]: Entering directory '/root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_36468.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o
/usr/bin/cc   -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=getpeereid -fPIE   -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_36468.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o   -c /usr/share/cmake-3.16/Modules/CheckFunctionExists.c
Linking C executable cmTC_36468
/usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cmTC_36468.dir/link.txt --verbose=1
/usr/bin/cc  -DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=getpeereid   -pie -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now  CMakeFiles/cmTC_36468.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o  -o cmTC_36468
/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/cmTC_36468.dir/CheckFunctionExists.c.o: in function `main':
CheckFunctionExists.c:(.text+0x10): undefined reference to `getpeereid'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTC_36468.dir/build.make:87: cmTC_36468] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/rstudio-v1.4.1106/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp'
make: *** [Makefile:121: cmTC_36468/fast] Error 2

[znmeb]

Compiling soci requires a PostgreSQL client library. Try adding sudo apt-get install libpq-dev before building.

[r-saikat]

Thanks, I tried that, but it still shows the same error.

[znmeb]

$ apt-cache search getpeereid
libbsd-dev - utility functions from BSD systems - development files

Try sudo apt-get install libbsd-dev

[r-saikat]

That did not help either. :(

[znmeb]

Hmmm ... I don't have a Raspberry Pi - I have a Jetson but it's running 18.04 and I haven't seen this error. I did run into the libpq one though

[r-saikat]

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 on an Oracle cloud ARM machine. It gives 24 GB RAM and a 4 core CPU as always free. This one worked, but I can't change the default username and password:

https://hub.docker.com/r/fdewes/rstudio-server-arm64

[znmeb]

Hmmm ... how much RAM is in the Raspberry Pi? It's been a while but I used to have RStudio Server builds crash on my 4 GB Jetson Nano because the Java steps ran out of RAM.

[r-saikat]

You may get up to 8 GB on a raspberry pi. Better is to sign up for oracle cloud always free tier.

Use this one; it's the best for ARM:

https://hub.docker.com/r/corradolanera/rstudio-rpi4b

[myfingerhurt]

@r-saikat

My guide is specific working only for v1.4.1106 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
It has been successfully tested on Oracle Arm-based Ampere.

When you compile the latest version rather than v1.4.1106, it will come out with these 3 LIB missing errors.

SOCI_CORE_LIB 
SOCI_POSTGRESQL_LIB
SOCI_SQLITE_LIB

[znmeb]

@myfingerhurt My build process is now working for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and v1.4.1717 (NVIDIA Jetson). I believe the same scripts will work on 20.04 LTS. They're essentially the same as the ones that come in the RStudio source except:

1. I grab arm64 pandoc from the GitHub repo - binaries are there for both amd64 and arm64. The scripts patch the RStudio cmake configuration to use the downloaded version instead of the one that's hard-coded in RStudio's scripts.
2. I don't build crashpad. It downloads some horrendous Google build tools which include amd64 binaries that crash on an arm64 machine.
3. The RStudio script always fetches an amd64 binary for Node.js on Linux. Mine fetches an arm64 binary on arm64 machines like the Jetson.

I have a bit more documentation to clean up and some more testing but it seems to be working. In particular I haven't had any problems with soci. There are some build dependencies; you need at least libpq-dev for it but I think the RStudio scripts install that.

[r-saikat]

@myfingerhurt I used the docker one because it's easy to deploy and works. I am a stats guy with limited computer knowledge. Also, it's quick to deploy. Can you share the arm64 binary you built on oracle ampere, maybe in a repo, so that I may deploy it without needing to build it separately?

[znmeb]

You may get up to 8 GB on a raspberry pi. Better is to sign up for oracle cloud always free tier.

Use this one; it's the best for ARM:

https://hub.docker.com/r/corradolanera/rstudio-rpi4b

Ah ... interesting. I looked at it and he may be getting the binaries indirectly from my Jetson Docker image ... more motivation for me to document it, especially because of RStudio's AGPL-3 licensing. My source is available here on GitHub but there are some files now that I've hacked from the RStudio source.

In an ideal world there'd be free / low cost CI tools for arm64 equivalent to what we have with GitHub Actions for amd64. RStudio uses Jenkins and Docker for their CI/CD and only the Docker part needs to run on the Arm machine. But as I noted, the RStudio build process has some third-party binaries that are Intel / AMD only.

[myfingerhurt]

@r-saikat

Here is what you requested.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aq6vdse8vw77d5z/rstudio-server-v1.4.1106-arm64.tar.gz?dl=0

• 1. Untar rstudio-server-v1.4.1106-arm64.tar.gz to /usr/local/lib/rstudio-server/
• 2. Install refer to Step 7 Configure Rstudio

$readelf -h /usr/local/lib/rstudio-server/bin/rserver
ELF Header:
  Magic:   7f 45 4c 46 02 01 01 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  Class:                             ELF64
  Data:                              2's complement, little endian
  Version:                           1 (current)
  OS/ABI:                            UNIX - GNU
  ABI Version:                       0
  Type:                              DYN (Shared object file)
  Machine:                           AArch64
  Version:                           0x1
  Entry point address:               0x5e27c
  Start of program headers:          64 (bytes into file)
  Start of section headers:          6989784 (bytes into file)
  Flags:                             0x0
  Size of this header:               64 (bytes)
  Size of program headers:           56 (bytes)
  Number of program headers:         9
  Size of section headers:           64 (bytes)
  Number of section headers:         30
  Section header string table index: 29