[R] PCRE configure problem with R-4.0.0

[Bert Gunter]

"I have to admit I'm completely in the dark as to what functionality
PCRE provides"

https://www.pcre.org/

(Sorry, beyond that I know nothing).

Bert Gunter

"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
and sticking things into it."
-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )

On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 9:16 PM Patrick Connolly
<p_connolly using slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
>
> When I try ./configure --enable-R-shlib
>
> I get this error:
>
> configure: error: PCRE2 library and headers are required, or use --with-pcre1 and PCRE >= 8.32 with UTF-8 support
>
> I have to admit I'm completely in the dark as to what functionality
> PCRE provides.
>
> Next, I tried using --with-pcre1 but it made no difference.
>
> There are quite a lot of packages in the repository for Linux Mint
> 17.2 with 'pcre' in the name and these are installed:
>
> > aptitude search pcre | grep  ^i
> i   libpcre3                        - Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Libra
> i   libpcre3:i386                   - Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Libra
> i   libpcre3-dev                    - Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Libra
> i   libpcrecpp0                     - Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Libra
>
> Apparantly the '3' doesn't indicate an updated '2' version.  The only
> packages with prce2 in the name are these:
>
> > aptitude search pcre2
> v   apertium-pcre2                                           -
> v   apertium-pcre2:i386                                      -
>
> Suggestions welcome.
>
>
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