RStudio install on Ubuntu 16.10 fails due to libgstreamer

Question

EDIT: According to Jonathan of RStudio a new version doesn\'t need libgstreamer. See his post below for the relevant link.

RStudio won\'t install on Ubuntu 16.10 as

Answer 1

1. Add R repository

   $ sudo echo "deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/" 
     | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list  
   

2. Add R to Ubuntu Keyring

   $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key E084DAB9  
   $ gpg -a --export E084DAB9 | sudo apt-key add -
   

3. Install R-Base

   $ sudo apt-get update  
   $ sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev  
   

4. Download R Studio and R Studio Server plus their dependencies

   libgstreamer0.10-0_0.10.36-1.5_amd64.deb  
   libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0_0.10.36-2_amd64.deb  
   rstudio-1.0.143-amd64.deb  
   rstudio-server-1.0.143-amd64.deb
   

5. Install R Studio and R Studio Server

   $ sudo apt-get install gdebi-core  
   $ sudo gdebi -n libgstreamer0.10-0_0.10.36-1.5_amd64.deb  
   $ sudo gdebi -n libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0_0.10.36-2_amd64.deb  
   $ sudo gdebi -n rstudio-1.0.143-amd64.deb  
   $ sudo gdebi -n rstudio-server-1.0.143-amd64.deb