%general-entities; ]> Bison The configure script does not determine the correct value for the following. Set the value manually: echo "ac_cv_prog_lex_is_flex=yes" > config.cache Prepare Bison for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --cache-file=config.cache Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: make check. Install the package: make install Installed programs Installed library Installed directory bison and yacc liby.a /usr/share/bison Short Descriptions bison Generates, from a series of rules, a program for analyzing the structure of text files; Bison is a replacement for Yacc (Yet Another Compiler Compiler) bison yacc A wrapper for bison, meant for programs that still call yacc instead of bison; it calls bison with the -y option yacc liby.a The Yacc library containing implementations of Yacc-compatible yyerror and main functions; this library is normally not very useful, but POSIX requires it liby.a