How to Install R and RStudio on Ubuntu 22.04

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R is a programming language commonly used for statistical computing and graphical representation of data. RStudio is a set of integrated tools designed to help R developers be more productive.

RStudio is the chief integrated development environment for R with a variety of robust tools for plotting, viewing history, debugging, and managing your workspace. You can choose the edition to run – open source or commercial.

Key Features of RStudio

Runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS
Syntax highlighting, code completion, and smart indentation
Integrated support for Git and Subversion
Execute R code directly from the source editor
Quickly jump to function definitions
Easily manage multiple working directories using projects
Integrated R help and documentation
An interactive debugger to diagnose and fix errors quickly
Extensive package development tools
Support for interactive graphics with Shiny and ggvis
Supports authoring HTML, PDF, Word Documents, and slide shows

By choosing the commercial edition, you get additional features such as Access to priority email support and an 8-hour response during business hours (ET). Learn more about RStudio editions and features.

Here in this article, we’ll dive into the installation of the open-source edition of RStudio released under the AGPL License.

Step 1: Update system

Like always, update the system package index and optionally upgrade all installed packages to the latest.

apt update
apt -y upgrade

Step 2: Install the R Programming Language

We need to install the R-base package, which contains the basic R functions that let you perform arithmetic operations and basic programming in R. Use the command below to install.

apt -y install r-base

Step 3: Download and Install RStudio

Now visit the RStudio downloads page to grab the latest release of RStudio for Debian-based Linux distributions.

Ubuntu 22

wget https://download1.rstudio.org/electron/jammy/amd64/rstudio-2026.01.2-418-amd64.deb
apt install -f ./rstudio-2026.01.2-418-amd64.deb

Proceed with the installation when prompted:

The following additional packages will be installed:
  lib32gcc-s1 lib32stdc++6 libc6-i386 libclang-10-dev libclang-common-10-dev libclang-dev libclang1-10 libgc1c2 libllvm10 libobjc-9-dev libobjc4 libpq5 libxcb-xkb1 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxkbcommon0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  lib32gcc-s1 lib32stdc++6 libc6-i386 libclang-10-dev libclang-common-10-dev libclang-dev libclang1-10 libgc1c2 libllvm10 libobjc-9-dev libobjc4 libpq5 libxcb-xkb1 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxkbcommon0
  rstudio
0 upgraded, 16 newly installed, 0 to remove and 91 not upgraded.
Need to get 51.2 MB/168 MB of archives.
After this operation, 1169 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

Step 4: Launch RStudio on Ubuntu

Launch RStudio from the Applications search section of your Desktop Environment or from the terminal.

For the terminal, run with root:

rstudio --no-sandbox

Ubuntu 22.04 app crash fix (unlikely)

If on Ubuntu 22.04 you experience issues while trying to start the application. First, install OpenSSL 1.1 like below.

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.1l-1ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install ./libssl1.1_1.1.1l-1ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb

Once done, launch RStudio without a sandbox

rstudio --no-sandbox

Its UI looks like this.

Nice!. Your installation of R and RStudio on Ubuntu / Debian and Linux Mint has been successful. Our next guide will cover the same setup on CentOS and Fedora.