Re: PHP4 - configure errors (bison, lex and flex not found)

what you need is: bison and lex. go to your distribution CDs and search it for flex* and bison, and install both. I did the same and came one step further -- some other compile problems. Graham Waller wrote: > > Hi > > I'm a Linux newbie trying to configure PHP4.0.3 with mySQL support on Linux > Mandrake 7.1. I've installed Apache and mySQL ok but the configure > instructions I am following for PHP fail with the messages below. I would > be grateful if anyone could explain (in simple language please!) what I need > to do. > > Many thanks > Graham > > loading cache ./config.cache > checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -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... missing > 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... no > checking for lex... no > checking for flex... lex > checking for yywrap in -ll... no > checking lex output file root... > configure: warning: You will need bison if you want to regenerate the PHP > parsers. > ./configure: flex: command not found > ./configure: lex: command not found > configure: error: cannot find output file from lex; giving up > > -- > PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-install-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-install-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Marcus