Re: Installation error from development sources

[David Grundberg]

xnand wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I am installing octave from the development sources. Below is the ending
> part of the output I got for the command "make":
>
> /bin/sh ../build-aux/ylwrap lex.ll lex.octave_.c lex.cc -- flex -I -I
> "/home/me/octave/src/lex.ll", line 27: unrecognized '%' directive
> "/home/me/octave/src/lex.ll", line 28: bad character: #
> "/home/me/octave/src/lex.ll", line 28: unknown error processing section 1
> "/home/me/octave/src/lex.ll", line 29: bad character: #
> "/home/me/octave/src/lex.ll", line 29: bad character: <
> "/home/me/octave/src/lex.ll", line 29: bad character: .
> "/home/me/octave/src/lex.ll", line 29: bad character: >
> "/home/me/octave/src/lex.ll", line 30: bad character: #
> "/home/me/octave/src/lex.ll", line 31: bad character: }
> make[2]: *** [lex.cc] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/me/octave/src'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/me/octave'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Thanks.
>
> Nands
>   

What lexical analyzer generator are you running? And which version? 
Check the configure output.

hth,
David