6.36. Bison-3.0.4

The Bison package contains a parser generator.

Approximate build time: 2.3 SBU

Required disk space: 40 MB

6.36.1. Installation of Bison

Prepare Bison for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/bison-3.0.4

Compile the package:

make

To test the results (about 0.5 SBU), issue:

make check

Install the package to a temporary directory:

make install DESTDIR=$(pwd)/debian/tmp

Create the package archive:

buildpkg

Install the package:

dpkg -i ../bison_3.0.4_*.deb

Installed programs: bison and yacc

Installed library: liby.a

Installed directory: /usr/share/bison

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