[Rd] Can't build R 3.6.1 or 3.5.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 24 November 2019 at 22:24, Saren Tasciyan wrote:
| Yes I am aware of it.

So why not use them?
 
| And yes, I have libicu60 installed. Is it the configure script making a 
| mistake?

Err, no. The configure setup is as solid as they come.  But as Peter already
said: "have lib$FOO installed" often means having the _run-time_ library.
Yet to _build_, you also need the -dev package.

You could subscribe to the r-sig-debian list and we can walk you through all
of this there.  It is a pretty friendly low-volume low-noise list. This list
is not the best place for your questions.

Dirk

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