/bin/bash: flex: command not found

[UbuntuNerd]

can anybody please be so kind to help me with this problem:

im trying to compile android from source but i keep getting:
/bin/bash: flex: command not found

i google around and try a few things but is still there, any help is much appreciated

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I had a quick look and found this:

andrew@corinth:~$ apt-cache search flex | grep -i lexical
flex - A fast lexical analyzer generator.
flex-doc - Documentation for flex (a fast lexical analyzer generator).
jflex - lexical analyzer generator for Java
libfl-dev - static library for flex (a fast lexical analyzer generator).
alex - lexical analyser generator for Haskell
cl-lexer - Lexical-analyzer-generator package for Common Lisp
flex-old - Old version of the fast lexical analyzer generator
flex-old-doc - Documentation for an old flex (a fast lexical analyzer generator)
tclex - A lexical analyzer generator for Tcl

So a good start might be:

sudo apt-get install flex

Hope this solves the issue for you...

[UbuntuNerd]

i also found that and install it but i still got the error, let me reinstall again, thanks by the way !!!

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Can I ask what source you are trying to compile?

[UbuntuNerd]

cm9
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