Thanks a llot.It seems that the system is clean after doing 'make uninstall', and marking all 'R' packages for complete removal
> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:57:37 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] Getting confused with two versions of Rþþ > > > > On 07/21/2011 02:49 PM, Alireza KhoshgoftarMonfared wrote: > > > > Hi there, I used to run R 2.10 on Ubunutu 10.04, and tried to install R > > 2.11 from the source at the same time.It seems that doing the second > > installation, I have messed up with some files or system paths, resulting > > in not being able to use either version of R on my system. > > I get the following message in terminal, whenever I try to run R now: > > > > /usr/local/bin/R: line 227: /usr/local/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or > > directory/usr/local/bin/R: line 250: /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R: No such > > file or directory/usr/local/bin/R: line 250: exec: > > /usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R: cannot execute: No such file or directory > > I've tried to re-install R using apt-get doing: > > > > sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get remove r-base sudo apt-get autoremove sudo > > apt-get install r-base > > Although the installation seems to be successful, I get the same error > > above trying to run R.Any suggestions how I can clean up all the leftovers > > from the previous two installations, and get back to the r-base available > > in repository? Thanks,Alireza > > Alireza, > > If you installed from source, go back to the source directory and run > 'sudo make uninstall'. Then I would use a GUI interface Synaptic to > make sure that all R related packages are removed. Check to make sure > typing 'R' returns nothing. > > Then I would use these instructions to install the latest version of R: > > http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ > > Michael > > -- > Dr. Michael A. Rutter > School of Science > Penn State Erie, The Behrend College > Station Road > Erie, PA 16563 > http://math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/rutter [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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