[GRASS-dev] Compiling GRASS on Ubuntu

[Hamish]

Markus:
> When you execute ./configure, look out for error messages.
> In your case, configure quits with an error message:
> configure: error: *** Unable to locate lex
> 
> in your case, you have to install lex
> 
> Make sure that you have all dependencies (and the dev
> packages!) installed.

here is what you need for ubunto or debian:
  (install all packages on the build-depends line)

http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-grass/packages/grass/trunk/debian/control?view=markup

maybe one or two package names will need to be modified.

see also the notes in GRASS's debian/ directory for semi-automatic package
building.


Hamish