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diff --git a/chapter06/flex-inst.xml b/chapter06/flex-inst.xml index bdd9ff3c2..92634e350 100644 --- a/chapter06/flex-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/flex-inst.xml @@ -1,20 +1,30 @@ +<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> + <sect2> <title>Installation of Flex</title> -<para>Install Flex by running the following commands:</para> +<para>Prepare Flex to be compiled:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>Install the package:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para> -<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr && -make && -make install && -ln -s libfl.a /usr/lib/libl.a</userinput></screen></para> +<para>There are which packages expect to find the flex library +in the <filename>/usr/lib</filename> directory. Create a symlink +to account for this:</para> -<para>Some programs don't know about flex and try to find the lex program -(flex is a (better) alternative for lex). So to please those few -programs out there we'll create a bash script called lex that calls flex -and have it emulate lex.</para> +<para><screen><userinput>ln -s libfl.a /usr/lib/libl.a</userinput></screen></para> -<para>Create a new file <filename>/usr/bin/lex</filename> by running the -following:</para> +<para>Some programs don't know about flex and try to find the lex +program (flex is a (better) alternative for lex). To please those +programs, create a shell script named lex which calls flex in +emulation mode:</para> <para><screen><userinput>cat > /usr/bin/lex << "EOF"</userinput> #!/bin/sh |