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ariadnus
ariadnus

Reputation: 41

Error in step 5.17.1, installation of Bison of Linux From Scratch

I'm trying to compile Bison to build Linux From Scratch. My host OS is Ubuntu 18.04. Based on the instructions on this webpage, upon entering 

./configure --prefix=/tools

I eventually get the error

...
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking build system type... config.guess: cannot create a temporary directory in /tmp
configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one

Other users seem to suggest that I'm missing a dependency. But, I couldn't figure out what it might be that I missed.

I'm clueless as to which build type is referred to in the last line of error and how to fix the error. Any pointers? Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 660

Answers (1)

Kohinoor Chatterjee
Kohinoor Chatterjee

Reputation: 1

Usually what I do when I get stuck is:

rm -rf bison-3.4.1

then I untar the file and redo the entire process. Sometimes, the tar file downloaded is only faulty. In such cases I would suggest that you re-download the file:

cd /mnt/lfs/sources
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-3.4.1.tar.xz

Also, if the problem persists refer the log files to see where exactly it is getting stuck

Upvotes: 0

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