flex_setup.md 542 B
Setting up Modern GNU Flex on Debian based distros.
Installing dependencies
Run the following in a terminal emulator.
sudo apt install -y autoconf automake make help2man m4 gcc g++ gettext bison texinfo libtool
Cloning and building Flex 2.6.4+
Clone the Flex repository
git clone https://github.com/westes/flex.git
CD inside the directory ``
cd flex/
Run these commands one after the other and check errors for missing packages:
sh
./autogen.sh
./configure
make -j4
sudo make install