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@@ -42,48 +42,6 @@ interest: * tests/ - regression tests. See TESTS/README for details. * po/ - internationalization support files. -You need the following tools to build flex from the maintainer's -repository: - -* compiler suite - flex is built with gcc -* bash, or a good Bourne-style shell -* m4 - `m4 -P` needs to work; GNU m4 and a few others are suitable -* GNU bison; to generate parse.c from parse.y -* autoconf; for handling the build system -* automake; for Makefile generation -* gettext; for i18n support -* help2man; to generate the flex man page -* tar, gzip, lzip, etc.; for packaging of the source distribution -* GNU texinfo; to build and test the flex manual. Note that if you want - to build the dvi/ps/pdf versions of the documentation you will need - texi2dvi and related programs, along with a sufficiently powerful - implementation of TeX to process them. See your operating system - documentation for how to achieve this. The printable versions of the - manual are not built unless specifically requested, but the targets - are included by automake. -* GNU indent; for indenting the flex source the way we want it done - -In cases where the versions of the above tools matter, the file -configure.ac will specify the minimum required versions. - -Once you have all the necessary tools installed, life becomes -simple. To prepare the flex tree for building, run the script: - -```bash -./autogen.sh -``` - -in the top level of the flex source tree. - -This script calls the various tools needed to get flex ready for the -GNU-style configure script to be able to work. - -From this point on, building flex follows the usual routine: - -```bash -configure && make && make install -``` - --- This file is part of flex. |