Looks like you don't have all of the dev tools installed on your unnamed OS. I highly recommend Googling for how to install R in your OS.
Please read the Posting Guide... Discussions about compiling R should be in R-devel. Most people install binaries which would be relevant here. On May 13, 2019 8:31:22 PM MDT, yueli <yue...@126.com> wrote: >Hello, > >I am trying to install R. > >Thanks in advance for any help! > >Yue > > >checking for pcre.h... yes >checking pcre/pcre.h usability... no >checking pcre/pcre.h presence... no >checking for pcre/pcre.h... no >checking if PCRE version >= 8.20, < 10.0 and has UTF-8 support... no >checking whether PCRE support suffices... configure: error: pcre >= >8.20 library and headers are required > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >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. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ 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.