[R] How to uninstall R packages

Charlie Sharpsteen chuck at sharpsteen.net
Mon Jan 4 23:46:54 CET 2010


On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:37 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Jan 4, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 04.01.2010 16:20, wenjun zheng wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I am puzzled that how can i uninstall a R package that have been
>>> installed earlier (especially in MacOS).
>>>
>>> Any suggestion will be appreciated.
>>>
>>
>> ?remove.packages
>
> Or delete the folder in the appropriate ../library/.. folder. The default
> location is something like:
>
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.10/Resources/library/
>
>>
>> Uwe Ligges

Or run:

R CMD REMOVE <package name>

Using the Terminal.

-Charlie



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