Install shiny-server on armhf ubuntu

[Yi Jin]

While follow the procedure : http://www.rstudio.com/products/shiny/download-server/

The pre-compiled deb file is not suitable for arm based ubuntu(http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G140448267127). So I go to https://github.com/rstudio/shiny-server/wiki/Building-Shiny-Server-from-Source

I have followed each step. But in the end the shiny-server won't start-up. When I launch it, in console: Segmentation fault

While seeing the node compiled in within the git repo, the by launching npm, it shows segmentation fault as well. I wonder if someone has succeeded in building shiny-server from source in arm architecture ?

Python version : Python 2.7.6

[Yi Jin]

By the way, in the ubuntu armhf, it provides a prebuilt and working node and npm.

在 2014年11月9日星期日UTC+1下午5时18分33秒，Yi Jin写道：

[Joe Cheng]

Is "segmentation fault" literally the first and only message that comes up when you run shiny-server?

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[Yi Jin]

Yes. When I issue :

odroid@odroid:~/shiny-server/bin$ shiny-server

Segmentation fault

I try to see the content of shiny-server/bin/shiny-server:

Р^D=^@$^A4U^D?8FAFJFGBѽ^@V^@^@L^@^@pG^@

F^AF^C ^@^H@-^H^A^@^B^@--daemonize^@/ext/node/bin/shiny-server^@^@/lib$

^@Fatal error calling lstat: %d

^@^@/proc/%d/exe was not a symlink

^@Link resolved to an unexpectedly long path

^@Fatal error calling readlink: %d

^@^@^@^@^@^@^@0^?

The architecture of the device is different from x86 or i386 or amd64. The architecture of CPU is ARM.

Here is a docker environment of the same os distribution : https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/mazzolino/armhf-ubuntu/

[Joe Cheng]

Sorry, I really have no idea... needless to say, we don't test on ARM.

The 0.3 builds of shiny-server are long since deprecated, but they use different packaging, I wonder if it would work for you?

https://www.npmjs.org/package/shiny-server

[Yi Jin]

Thanks for your suggestion. I will try that version.

We are just considering to create a portable shiny-server with odroid for an offline(without internet connection) client presentation. 

I have succeeded in installing the shiny-server in raspberry Pi which is also ARM platform. But raspberry is not so powerful.

I will test that and give feedback.

Thanks for your reply.

[Joe Cheng]

There are some pretty nice little Intel boxes too :)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856501009

[Yi Jin]

This one seems promising!

[Terence Lam]

Hi Jin could you share how did you get shiny-server running on raspberry pi? Which OS did you installed on it? Did you compile from source?

I tried both raspbian and Ubuntu MATE, after compiling, shiny-server started with errors (something along "trap", need to go back and get a screencap).