I am compiling php4 from the tarball on my potato system, but each time I do the configure I get an error:
FIREWALL:/usr/src/apache/php-4.0.0# ./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-apache=/usr/src/apache/apac he_1.3.12 --enable-track-vars 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... found checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking host system type... i586-pc-linux-gnu checking for bison... no checking for byacc... no configure: warning: You will need bison if you want to regenerate the PHP parsers. 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 ./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 Any clues why Chris Mason Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 USA Fax (561) 382-7771 Take a virtual tour of the island http://net.ai/ The Anguilla Guide Find out more about NetConcepts www.netconcepts.ai bwz*mq