Hi, Alan, Thanks for the detailed explanation of the problem and the fix. Please feel free to let us know if you have any additional questions.
John On 6/29/11 3:28 AM, Alan Kemp wrote: > Hi there > > after some trial and error, I did the following to get configure to work. > > apt-get remove flex > apt-get install debhelper > apt-get install flex-old > > configure then used win/FlexLexer.h for building. > > --snip-- > checking if compiler supports __sync_add_and_fetch for 32-bit > integers... yes > checking if compiler supports __sync_add_and_fetch for 64-bit > integers... yes > checking if the default FlexLexer.h defines yywrap... no, use > /home/iris/fastbit-ibis1.2.4/win/FlexLexer.h > --snip-- > > I then continued on to make, which worked fine. > > cheers > > alan > > On 29 Jun 2011, at 11:18 AM, Alan Kemp wrote: > >> Hi There >> >> I'm running ubuntu linux 11.04 (natty), flex version 2.5.35, trying >> to install fastbit-ibis1.2.4 and I get the following error during >> the configure process. >> >> --snip-- >> checking whether pthreads work with -pthread... yes >> checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... no >> checking if math.h defines nextafter... no >> checking if compiler supports __sync_add_and_fetch for 32-bit >> integers... no >> checking if compiler supports __sync_add_and_fetch for 64-bit >> integers... no >> checking if the default FlexLexer.h defines yywrap... configure: >> error: no, must have FlexLexer.h to continue >> --snip-- >> >> I have read the other threads regarding this issue and try'ed the >> suggestions but they did not work. >> >> I can only assume its the version of flex on ubuntu that is not >> working with that version of fastbit. So I have tried from version >> 1.1.9 up to 1.2.4 with all the same results. >> >> Please let me know what I should try next, or should I try another >> flavor of linux? >> >> cheers >> >> -- >> Alan Kemp >> email: alan <mailto:[email protected]>@three6five.com >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> mobile: +27 83 257 5970 >> *three**6**five* systems >> >> >> >> > > -- > Alan Kemp > email: alan <mailto:[email protected]>@three6five.com > <mailto:[email protected]> > mobile: +27 83 257 5970 > *three**6**five* systems > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FastBit-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://hpcrdm.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fastbit-users _______________________________________________ FastBit-users mailing list [email protected] https://hpcrdm.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fastbit-users
