apache - php and mysql

[techz_boy]

hi i need some help when installing php 5 in mandrake
ok my apache is already running.
but when i install the php, (the php.net says to compile by using

./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql

but i get the error :

[root@localhost php-5.0.4]# ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-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 if compiler supports -R... no
checking if compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,... yes
checking for re2c... exit 0;
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... gawk
checking for bison... no
checking for byacc... no
configure: warning: You will need bison if you want to regenerate the PHP parsers.
checking for flex... lex
checking for yywrap in -ll... no
checking lex output file root... ./configure: line 2422: lex: command not found
configure: error: cannot find output from lex; giving up


anyone can help me?
i had copy the php folder to /usr/local/

[serz]

You need to install the "flex" package.

[techz_boy]

You need to install the "flex" package.

i have donload it
and i've configure
but when i type "make"

i got

[root@localhost flex-2.5.4]# make
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O ccl.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O dfa.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O ecs.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O gen.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O main.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O misc.c
gcc -c -I. -I. -g -O nfa.c
yacc -d ./parse.y
make: yacc: Command not found
make: *** [parse.c] Error 127
[root@localhost flex-2.5.4]#

[serz]

Can't you just get it with YaST or something?.. you don't need to compile it from source.

However, it's now asking for the "byacc" package.

[sigmundg]

Don't bother with "yacc". Install "bison" instead. You can download it from www.gnu.org. You will probably get an error message when attempting to configure bison. You must therefore download (from gnu) and install the "m4" tool first. Your order of installation will thus be:
1) m4
2) bison
3) flex

[TheGreen]

Why not just urpmi php5 ???


see my post here if you need help with sources and urpmi http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/top...tml&highlight=