Re: [HACKERS] configure does not check for bison or flex

2014-06-08 Thread David G Johnston
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 ge

[HACKERS] configure does not check for bison or flex

2014-06-08 Thread Eric L
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 mirr