Downgrade R version (no issues with Bioconductor installation)

r bioconductor downgrade
agondiken picture agondiken · Jul 23, 2014 · Viewed 17.2k times · Source

I can't access many Bioconductor packages in R 3.1.1 and I am quite disappointed with that. How can I downgrade from R 3.1.1 to R 3.0.2 or to some other version?

Note that this solution is not good enough for me as I don't have any issues with Bioconductor installation.

Answer

David Arenburg picture David Arenburg · Jul 27, 2014

As point by @Deleet, this is FOR WINDOWS ONLY.

For the rest of the platforms, see: https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200486138-Changing-R-versions-for-RStudio-desktop

Go to: Tools > Global Options > press the "Change" button (marked in Yellow) >

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Select the version you want to use:

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OK > OK > Apply > Restart R

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