install "flex".

On RH9 small: apt-get install flex

-Chris

will do and keep it posted …

thanks

i did install flex ….

however hit another wall ….

> [root@li10-60 php-4.3.10]# ./configure –with-mysql --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs

loading cache ./config.cache

checking host system type… i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking for gcc… gcc

checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works… yes

checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler… no

checking whether we are using GNU C… yes

checking whether gcc accepts -g… yes

checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together… yes

checking how to run the C preprocessor… gcc -E

checking for AIX… no

checking if compiler supports -R… no

checking if compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,… yes

checking for re2c… exit 0;

checking for ranlib… ranlib

checking whether ln -s works… yes

checking for mawk… no

checking for gawk… gawk

checking for bison… no

checking for byacc… no

configure: warning: You will need bison if you want to regenerate the PHP parsers.

checking for flex… flex

checking for yywrap in -lfl… yes

checking lex output file root… lex.yy

checking whether yytext is a pointer… yes

checking for working const… yes

checking flex version… 2.5.4 (ok)

checking for pthreads_cflags… -pthread

checking for pthreads_lib…

Configuring SAPI modules

checking for AOLserver support… no

checking for Apache 1.x module support via DSO through APXS…

Sorry, I was not able to successfully run APXS. Possible reasons:

1. Perl is not installed;

2. Apache was not compiled with DSO support (--enable-module=so);

3. 'apxs' is not in your path. Try to use --with-apxs=/path/to/apxs

The output of /usr/local/apache/bin/apxs follows

./configure: line 3169: /usr/local/apache/bin/apxs: No such file or directory

configure: error: Aborting

[root@li10-60 php-4.3.10]#

I have apache( i have it running and see it on webmin) and i have perl ( since i followed the 'redhat small setup guide") …

so now to enable apache with DSO support .. how do i do it ??