[R] Updating R on Linux

[Paul Hiemstra]

mauede at alice.it wrote:
> I know my question has been asked many times. Please, forgive me for asking it once more.
> It's time to update R version. 
> I run R on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS/X.
> I think I remember on Windows R comes with the un-installer. So I uninstall it first and then I install the latest version.
> On Mac OS I have no experience of updating R ... I think (and hope) all what I have to do is to drag R 
> icon from the Applications folder into the Trashcan .. This simple operation should get rid of all R 
> files from all the folders where they are placed during the installation procedure.
> Linux is really the only platform where in the past I manged to mix up pieces from different R versions. 
> My question is: 
> how can I get rid of all the current R files before installing the latest version on Linux/SuSE ?
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Maura
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Hi Maura,

You don't need to get rid of your old R first in SUSE. If you manage R 
through the package managment system of your distribution, all should go 
well. Cran provides repositories with rpm packages with the latests R 
version suitable for SUSE[1]. Updating your R should be fine using the 
package manager.

cheers,
Paul

[1] http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/suse/

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