Openl2tp make on CentOS

Question

Im trying to install openl2tp on CentOS.I have downloaded the source from here but when i try to run make it gives me the following error

gin.o l2tp_event.o l2tp_test.o md5.o l2tp_api.o l2tp_rpc_server.o l2tp_rpc_xdr.o l2tp_config_token.o l2tp_config_parse.o -Wl,-E -L. -Lusl -lusl -ldl  -lc -lfl
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfl
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [openl2tpd] Error 1

can someone guide me what im doing wrong... Regards

Answer 1

libfl is from the flex package. Try installing flex-devel.