re-install R in ubuntu
I have messed up R's Makeconf file. I tried:
sudo apt-get --purge remove r-base
sudo apt-get --purge remove r-base-dev
--I got R in the first place by doing:
sudo apt-get install r-base
sudo apt-get install r-base-dev
but when I type
R
R still starts. Also the Makeconf file is still the one I messed up.
The r-base package is just a metapackage that also installs r-base-core and r-base-recommended. You need to remove r-base-core to get rid of the executable and the makeconf.