You realize that compiling PHP6 from CVS is, errr, not really for newbies... :-) You may want to start over with a stable download from: http://php.net/downloads.php You do not seem to have the 'lex' command, which means you probably didn't install 'lex' you can Google for the error message (the last line or two) and find links to how to get it and install 'lex' On Tue, June 13, 2006 5:44 pm, Ligaya Turmelle wrote: > Ubuntu Breezy Badger, AMD 64 > > I am trying to build PHP6 from source. I must admit to being a novice > at *nix systems, but I am learning - so please be gentle. :) > > I have already gotten a copy of the PHP6 source from CVS, downloaded > the > autoconf version 2.13 as well as the ICU and ran the ./buildconf. But > when I tried to do the ./configure, I received back an error message > that I do not understand. Can someone please explain what has > happened > and point me in a general direction on what I need to do to get the > ./configure to work. > > (Sorry for such a general question) > > last set of output: > lig@lig-laptop:/usr/local/php6$ sudo ./configure > creating cache ./config.cache > checking for Cygwin environment... no > checking for mingw32 environment... no > checking for egrep... grep -E > checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed > checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > 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 whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E > checking for AIX... no > checking whether ln -s works... yes > checking if compiler supports -R... no > checking if compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,... yes > checking for re2c... no > configure: warning: You will need re2c 0.9.11 or later if you want to > regenerate PHP parsers. > checking for gawk... no > checking for nawk... nawk > checking if nawk is broken... no > checking for bison... no > checking for byacc... no > checking for bison version... invalid > configure: warning: bison versions supported for regeneration of the > Zend/PHP parsers: 1.28 1.35 1.75 1.875 2.0 2.1 2.2 (found: none). > checking for flex... lex > checking for yywrap in -ll... no > checking lex output file root... ./configure: line 3210: lex: command > not found > configure: error: cannot find output from lex; giving up > > > -- > > life is a game... so have fun. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php