I tried to perform the steps to compile from source
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> In the following steps you can find exact commands to build and install the project with the default options. If you already know how CMake works you can skip this part and look at the build options available. Note that Fluent Bit requires CMake 3.x. You may need to use `cmake3` instead of `cmake` to complete the following steps on your system. |
and found out cmake wasn't enough. I was missing bison , flex, and (given I'm using the cutting edge) libyaml-dev.