<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. Best, Ista > [...] > > > -- > ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. > ___ Patrick Connolly > {~._.~} Great minds discuss ideas > _( Y )_ Average minds discuss events > (:_~*~_:) Small minds discuss people > (_)-(_) ..... Eleanor Roosevelt > > ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
