Bug #12648 Updated: "lex" command error while trying ./configure

ID: 12648 Updated by: sniper Reported By: michael_walker@bigpond.com Old Status: Open Status: Bogus Old Bug Type: PHP options/info functions Bug Type: Compile Failure Operating System: SuSE Linux PHP Version: 4.0.6 New Comment: Read the bugs-dos-and-donts before submitting any bug reports!! Hint: Install flex.. I found 2 closed reports with this search string: cannot find output from lex Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-08-08 08:08:37] michael_walker@bigpond.com From ../php-4.0.6/ I run : ./configure --with-apache=/usr/local/apache --with-mysql --with-pgsql > error_report.txt ...which produces: checking lex output file root... ./configure: lex: command not found configure: error: cannot find output from lex; giving up ...as well as the below output into error_report.txt: loading cache ./config.cache checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes checking for working aclocal... missing checking for working autoconf... missing checking for working automake... missing checking for working autoheader... missing checking for working makeinfo... found checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for gawk... gawk checking for bison... no checking for byacc... no checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for AIX... no checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed checking for ranlib... ranlib checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for flex... lex checking for yywrap in -ll... no checking lex output file root... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=12648&edit=1