You can get the following error during steps dependent on re2c, for example, while executing the make command.
/bin/sh: re2c: command not found
If you get an error like the one above, read how to install it on RHEL / CentOS 8 or AlmaLinux.
1. Find and download the .rpm for re2c: First, download the RPM for re2c, you can use CURL.
curl -LsO https://rpmfind.net/linux/centos/8-stream/PowerTools/x86_64/os/Packages/re2c-0.14.3-2.el8.x86_64.rpm
Note: The latest released version is 0.14.3.2, of which the link is above. However, you could potentially find a newer version yourself on this page (look in the “download” column for your distribution).
2. Install RPM: To install the downloaded RPM, simply execute the following command (make sure the filename matches the file you downloaded in the previous step):
rpm -Uvh re2c-0.14.3-2.el8.x86_64.rpm
If everything went OK you should see the following output:
warning: re2c-0.14.3-2.el8.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 8483c65d: NOKEY
Verifying... ################################# [100%]
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
1:re2c-0.14.3-2.el8 ################################# [100%]
