# Problem compiling bro 0.4 on RedHat Linux 5.2
**URL:** https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-compiling-bro-0-4-on-redhat-linux-5-2/44
**Category:** Zeek
**Created:** [December 30, 1998, 8:26am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-compiling-bro-0-4-on-redhat-linux-5-2/44 "1998-12-30T08:26:22Z")
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### Author:  [@Vern](https://community.zeek.org/u/Vern)
#### Post date: [December 30, 1998, 8:26am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-compiling-bro-0-4-on-redhat-linux-5-2/44/1 "1998-12-30T08:26:22Z")
> I've installed bro (version 0.5a) on linux and on solaris machines
> Here follows some feedback about problems I've encountered.
>
> 1) the files doc/\* are not installed in /usr/local/directory when using
> "make install"
>
> 2) directory /usr/local/bro should first be created before using "make
> install" (otherwise he copy all files to the file /usr/local/bro)
>
> 3) on Solaris 2.5.1, yacc doesn't want to compile parse.y
> A workaround was to install bison.
If you want to contribute patches for these (or at lesat for 1 & 2),
that would be great. I don't ever formally install bro myself, so
don't have occasion to use or debug these steps.
Vern
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/problem-compiling-bro-0-4-on-redhat-linux-5-2/44/2 "2022-05-06T15:36:05Z")