[R] updating R - old version still runs

Uwe Ligges
Sun, 21 Apr 2002 19:18:52 -0000

Tony Long wrote:
>
> All:
>
>         I apologize as I think I had this problem before, and
> misplaced my notes on the solution.
>
>         I just tried to upgrade my version of R on a Redhat Linux
> computer.  I downloaded and ran the rpm for
>
> R-recommended-1.4.1-1.i386.rpm
>
> Problem is that when I type R from any directory the "old"
version
> still seems to run.  I can only guess this has to do with where the
> new and old version are being put.  Any suggestions?  Tony

If you don't need the old one, just uninstall it.
Obviously it is installed into a directory with higher priority in your
search path than the newer version of R (or you set an alias?).
Maybe one version is installed in /usr/.... (/usr/bin/R, /usr/lib/R/...)
, the other one in /usr/local/.... (/usr/local/bin/R,
/usr/local/lib/R/...)?

Uwe Ligges