[Gems-users] Compilation error for Ruby: " make[2]: bison: Command not found"

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I am trying to install GEMS (Release 1.1 for GEMS and SIMICS 2.2)  for x86 machine in Linux  - I used the patch for x86.
 
 When I tried this step (after step 7):
make PROTOCOL=MOSI_SMP_bcast DESTINATION=MOSI_SMP_bcast
 from, 
 
 (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/gems/doc/wiki/moin.cgi/QuickStart) to compile Ruby, I get the following error, along with others:
 
 make[2]: bison: Command not found
 
 The details after the command is issued are given below. Please help.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Ataur.
 
 
 [patwarya@chipdesign ~/GEMS]$   cd $GEMS/ruby
 [patwarya@chipdesign ruby]$ make PROTOCOL=MOSI_SMP_bcast DESTINATION=MOSI_SMP_bc ast
 ls: generated/MOSI_SMP_bcast/*.C: No such file or directory
 Ruby: Building protocol: MOSI_SMP_bcast
 Ruby: Making slicc
 cd ../slicc; make
 make[1]: Entering directory `/home/patwarya/GEMS/slicc'
 SLICC: Running flex and bison
 make generated/generated
 make[2]: Entering directory `/home/patwarya/GEMS/slicc'
 mkdir -p generated/
 touch generated/created
 SLICC: Generating parser
 bison --verbose --defines -o generated/parser.c parser/parser.y
 make[2]: bison: Command not found
 make[2]: *** [generated/generated] Error 127
 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/patwarya/GEMS/slicc'
 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/patwarya/GEMS/slicc'
 make: *** [all] Error 2

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