Example: running Rstudio interactively with graphical interface
In this case, Rstudio runs on the compute node. The graphical interface goes through X11 forwarding from the compute node to display on your local computer.
Make sure an X server is installed on your local computer (e.g., XQuartz for MacOS, MobaXterm for Windows).
$ ssh -X user_id@hoffman2.idre.ucla.edu # from your local computer
…
$ qrsh -l h_rt=2:00:00,h_data=4g # on login node
$ module load Rstudio/1.4.1717 # on compute node
$ rstudio
If everything goes, you should see the RStudio graphical window on your local computer that looks like this:
