Why i can't install RStudio in ubuntu 19.04?

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I can't install RStudio in Ubuntu 19.04, it gives me the following error in the terminal, I really appreciate the guidance you can give me, thanks

$ sudo dpkg -i rstudio-1.2.5042-amd64.deb

(Reading database ... 302725 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack rstudio-1.2.5042-amd64.deb ... Unpacking rstudio (1.2.5042) over (1.2.5042) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rstudio: rstudio depends on libclang-dev; however: Package libclang-dev is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package rstudio (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-4ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.10-1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: rstudio

libclang-dev depends of libclang-8-dev -> libobjc-8-dev -> libobjc4-dev

S.S. Anne S.S. Anne · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-23T22:54:22

Try sudo apt-get install gdebi-core and then sudo gdebi rstudio-1.2.5042-amd64.deb. gdebi will install the dependencies automatically for you.

There is another way with apt if you don't want to install gdebi; I believe the syntax is sudo apt install ./rstudio-1.2.5042-amd64.deb.

Alternatively, if you already forced dpkg to install the package, you can run sudo apt-get --fix-broken install to install the dependencies.

Why i can't install RStudio in ubuntu 19.04?

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