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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Yau KL wrote:

>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I would appreciate your answer very much on this. When I do ./configure in cygwin, I got the two following related messages:

./configure for which package?
>
> checking for flex... flex
> checking lex output file root... lex.yy
>
> The above shows that I have flex. However, when I run make, I got this error
>
> make[1]: lex: Command not found

Because you have flex, not lex.
>
> I suppose that to use lex, one has to install flex, and I have done that, what's the problem?

Flex is free but non-GNU lex. See:
http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/
which therefore points to sourceforge.  The problem, from the
information you have given as I see it, is that your Makefile is
looking for lex, when it should be looking for flex.  You'll need to
see how it is used in the Makefile.

>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Regards,
> KL
>
         Hugh

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