Thread: configure does not check for bison or flex
I am installing postgresql from source on 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04 and when I run the ./configure script, it is successful, but when I run make it fails with an error:
"ERROR: `flex' is missing on your system. It is needed to create the file `bootscanner.c'. You can either get flex from a GNU mirror site or download an official distribution of PostgreSQL, which contains pre-packaged flex output"
I get this same error for "bison". I can install it with "sudo apt-get install bison" and "sudo apt-get install flex". However shouldn't the ./configure script be checking for these first?
Eric
Eric L wrote > I am installing postgresql from source on 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04 and when I > run the ./configure script, it is successful, but when I run make it fails > with an error: > > "ERROR: `flex' is missing on your system. It is needed to create the file > `bootscanner.c'. You can either get flex from a GNU mirror site or > download an official distribution of PostgreSQL, which contains > pre-packaged flex output" > I get this same error for "bison". I can install it with "sudo apt-get > install bison" and "sudo apt-get install flex". However shouldn't the > ./configure script be checking for these first? > Eric Google: postgresql bison http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/bison-flex-and-configure-td5789215.html David J. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/configure-does-not-check-for-bison-or-flex-tp5806447p5806449.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - hackers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.