Zirconium Linux From Scratch - Version r12.4-45-systemd

Chapter 5. Installing Basic System Software

Bison-3.8.2

The Bison package contains a parser generator.

Approximate build time: 2.1 SBU
Required disk space: 63 MB
SHA256 Checksum: 9bba0214ccf7f1079c5d59210045227bcf619519840ebfa80cd3849cff5a5bf2

Installation of Bison

Prepare Bison for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/bison-3.8.2

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Contents of Bison

Installed programs: bison and yacc
Installed library: liby.a
Installed directory: /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)

yacc

A wrapper for bison, meant for programs that still call yacc instead of bison; it calls bison with the -y option

liby

The Yacc library containing implementations of Yacc-compatible yyerror and main functions; this library is normally not very useful, but POSIX requires it