Exploratory Desktop v2.5 Beta for Linux Ubuntu is available!

We just made Ubuntu version of Exploratory 2.5 available! It’s tested on Ubuntu 16.04.
Here is Installation/Upgrade instruction.

  1. If you have existing installation at ~/Exploratory, remove it. (This is only executables of Exploratory. Your repository where your data/visualizations/analysis steps are stored at ~/.exploratory. Please do not remove that one.)
    rm -rf ~/Exploratory

  2. Download install script from https://download2.exploratory.io/linux/install.sh

  3. Run the install script.
    source install.sh
    It installs r-base r-base-dev git curl libssl-dev libpq-dev libxml2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libsodium-dev libmariadb-client-lgpl-dev libsasl2-dev, and required R packages, and Exploratory itself.

  4. Start installed Exploratory Desktop
    ~/Exploratory/Exploratory

  5. Login form will open up. Type in your exploratory.io username/password.

  6. You will see Project List screen of Exploratory, where you can create new project at this point.

One limitation is support for data sources that require OAuth, like twitter etc.
Those data sources will not appear on the data source list of this linux version.

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Hello @Hideaki_Hayashi,

do you plan to release the newest versions on linux also anytime soon?

Best regards,
Yannis

Reporting:
Exploratory.io Desktop 2.5.1.2 works very well using a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) with Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS :slight_smile:

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Yes, we have a plan to port to Linux as well, stay tuned!