Re: 4.2.0 installation problem - `bison' missing on your system

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Subject:	Re: 4.2.0 installation problem - `bison' missing on your system
Group:	Gcc-help
From:	David Daney
Date:	22 May 2007

It is unclear why you don't CC the gcc-help list, as I am doing now.
The answers you receive are intended to be accessible by all, not just you.

David Daney

Joseph Bentley wrote:
> David,
> This is how I did my install:
>
> How I installed the gcc 4.2.0 compilers on LINUX
> 1.Download the BZIP2 compressed file: gcc-4.2.0.tar.bz2
> 2.Unzip the BZIP2 file: bunzip2 gcc-4.2.0.tar.bz2
> 3.Untar the tar file: tar xvf gcc-4.2.0.tar
> 4.Create an obj directory: mkdir objdir
> 5.Change directory to the obj directory: cd objdir
> 6.Configure the gcc compilers: ../gcc-4.2.0/configure
> Note: this failed during the 4.1.2 installation. I had to first
> install the Textinfo package to get it to work
> 7.Run make: make
> Note: this failed. I had to first install the bison package and then
> repeat the configure to get it to work.
> 8.su to root unless you have the necessary write permissions: su root
> 9.Copy the new executables into the "local/bin" directories: make install
>
>
> On 5/22/07, David Daney <ddaney> wrote:
>> Joseph Bentley wrote:
>> > David,
>> > I solved the problem by repeating the configure (after the bison
>> > installation).
>> > Thanks for your reply.
>> > Joe
>>
>> Well there is still a problem. If you are building from the 4.2.0
>> tarball, you should not need bison.
>>
>> It would be helpful for us to know how you built so we can determine if
>> there is a problem with the gcc-4.2.0 tarball.
>>
>> David Daney
>>
>> >
>> > On 5/22/07, *David Daney* < ddaney
>> > <mailto:ddaney>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Typically we keep the mailing list CCed in the e-mail messages.
>> >
>> > Joseph Bentley wrote:
>> > > I performed a default configure - no options. I'm running linux
>> > > 2.6.13-15 and the install was for an i686 platform.
>> > > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Building is not supported from the source directory. It is
>> unclear if
>> > that is what you are doing because we don't know how you invoked
>> > configure.
>> >
>> > David Daney
>> >
>> >
>>
>>