[R-sig-Debian] Moving from 2.7.1 to 2.8.0, advice on removing old version

[Michael Dewey]

I have been using R under Windows for some while but 2.7.1 was the 
first version I succeeded in installing on my Asus EEE PC (thanks to 
help gained from list members). Now I would like to move to 2.8.0 but 
I have limited disc space so I would like to know whether it would be 
better to use apt-get remove to remove the old version first or if I 
just install the new one whether it overwrites the old one. Or is 
there something better in apt-get I should use?


Michael Dewey
http://www.aghmed.fsnet.co.uk