completely uninstall r linux
linux, r
Solution
The R binary (well, front-end script) is part of the `r-base-core` package which contains the core R system.
The package `r-base` is a so-called virtual package which exists to just pulls other packages in. Removing it does not remove any parts of the R system --- for which you need to remove `r-base-core`.
Problem
I am trying to update my version of R on linux mint, however broken dependencies are stopping me doing this. after trying everything such as adding repos from Cran, sudo apt-get update, I still cannot install the latest version of R. MY question is how to i completely remove R from my machine, so that I can restart. I have tried : ``` sudo apt-get remove r-base ``` however when I run R it still works: ``` laptop$ R R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08) Copyright (C) 2011 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing ISBN 3-900051-07-0 Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) ``` and doesn;t seem to be removed at all. I want a clean, fresh install, but I don't think I am removing R properly