Re: Flex Failing on Install

you should really search your filessystem for 'lex' of 'flex'. looks like it has not been installed. look back to your distribution for these packages and install them again. if it doesn't work, get these packages in whatever format from the internet and install them. Shannon Doyle wrote: > > Hi people, > > I have been trying to get PHP4.0.3 to install on my LInux Mandrake 7.1 > system and I keep getting an error about Flex not being found. So I went and > found an installation of flex and installed that, however I am still getting > the same error and the ./configure script keeps giving me the following > output: > > checking for flex... no > checking for lex... no > ./configure: flex: command not found > checking for flex... lex > checking for yywrap in -ll... no > checking lex output file root... ./configure: lex: command not found > configure: error: cannot find output from lex; giving up > > Is there something that I can do to fix this problem as I needed PHP up and > running like 3 days ago :) > > Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > -Shannon > > -- > 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 Knappe .~. fax: ++4908924393429 /V\ mailto:mknappe@iname.com // \\ home: http://mknappe.home.pages.de The cheesy poofs /( )\ alternative: mailto:mknappe@hotmail.com may be with you ! ^^-^^ pgpkey: http://pgp.mknappe.home.pages.de