[R] uninstall problem

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 ggrothendieck at yifan.net wrote:

>
> Under Windows 2000 I installed R 1.4.0 some time ago.  I then
> installed R 1.4.1 just now.   If I
>
> hit the Windows Start button
> select Programs from the menu that appears
> select R from the menu that appears
>
> then I get a menu with
>
> 	R 1.4.0
> 	R 1.4.1
> 	R 1.4.0 Help
> 	R 1.4.1 Help
> 	Uninstall R for Windows
>
> If I select Uninstall R for Windows it uninstalls R 1.4.1 but
> I want to uninstall 1.4.0 .   How do I do that?  There does
> not appear to be separate uninstalls for the two versions.

You go to the 1.4.0 directory and run Uninstall.exe. This and related
issues are covered in the rw-FAQ in R-devel (1.5.0 to be).

BTW, the behaviour is quite common for Windows applications.

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