[R] PCRE configure problem with R-4.0.0

[Patrick Connolly]

On Tue, 05-May-2020 at 06:28AM -0400, Ista Zahn wrote:

|> <snip>
|> 
|> > |> > Linux Mint 17.2 is based on Ubuntu 14.04, which has been released in
|> > |> > April 2014, while PCRE2 has been released in 2015.
|> > |>
|> > |> Moreover, support for 17.2 ended over a year ago (according to
|> > |> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint_version_history). I suggest
|> > |> upgrading to a supported version.
|> >
|> > Thanks for making that clear -- though I don't relish the hassle of
|> > upgrading an OS.  I was quite happy with the features of Mint 17.x.
|> >
|> 
|> Sure, but there is no free lunch and as your system gets older and
|> older you'll find that more and more modern software doesn't work with
|> it. Additionally there are increasing security risks because the
|> vendor is no longer releasing security patches.
|> 
|> That said, if you really really wanna, you can use
|> https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/, https://spack.io/, or similar to
|> install recent software releases on old systems.

Thanks.  Condo is a new one to me.  



|> 
|> Best,
|> Ista
|> 
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