Re: Bison and Flex required to install PHP?

On Tuesday 30 March 2004 06:08 pm, Terence wrote: > checking lex output file root... ./configure: line 2425: lex: command not > found > configure: error: cannot find output from lex; giving up > > and from a search on Yahoo!: > > > http://www.madpenguin.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-Comments&file=inde >x&req=showreply&tid=1522&sid=751&pid=1520&mode=&order=&thold=#1522 > > <Quote> > figured it out. I needed to install Bison and then Flex in order to compile > php. Bison: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/ Flex: > http://gnuftp.ccp14.ac.uk/gnu/flex/ later > </Quote> > > I just downloaded the latest version, 4.3.5, installing on RH9 - fresh > install > > So my question, are Bison and Flex required and if so any particular > reason? I never had this problem on previous versions (not that I installed > on that many different distributions) They are for CVS. Release versions come with the bison and flex stuff pre-made. If you're not using CVS, make sure you're using a fresh copy of the source. > > Thanks