Download location (HTTP): http://www.sleepycat.com/update/snapshot/db-4.1.25.tar.gz Download location (FTP): Version used: 4.1.25 Package size: 3 MB Estimated Disk space required: 27 MB |
The db package contains db_archive, db_checkpoint, db_deadlock, db_dump, db_load, db_printlog, db_recover, db_stat, db_upgrade, db_verify and the db libraries. These are used by many other programs for db related functions.
Install db by running the following commands:
cd build_unix &&
../dist/configure --prefix=/usr \
--enable-compat185 \
--enable-cxx &&
make &&
make docdir=/usr/share/doc/db-4.1.25 install |
Note: If you wish to enable Java support in db-4.1.25, add --enable-java to the configure options. Java support is needed if you plan to use system installed db when compiling OpenOffice.
cd build_unix && ../dist/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-compat185 : This replaces the normal ./configure command as db comes with the various build directories for different platforms.
make docdir=/usr/share/doc/db-4.1.25 install : This installs db installing the documentation in the correct place.
As with most libraries, there is no configuration to do, save that the library directory i.e. /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib should appear in /etc/ld.so.conf so that ldd can find the shared libraries. After checking that this is the case, /sbin/ldconfig should be run while logged in as root.
If you recompile perl after installing db-4.1.25 you will need to apply the perl-5.8.0-db-4.1.patch available at http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs-patches.
The db package contains db_archive, db_checkpoint, db_deadlock, db_dump, db_load, db_printlog, db_recover, db_stat, db_upgrade and db_verify.
db_archive prints the pathnames of log files that are no longer in use.
db_checkpoint is a daemon process used to monitor and checkpoint database logs.
db_deadlock is used to abort lock requests when deadlocks are detected.
db_dump converts database files to a flat file format readable by db_load.
db_load is used to create database files from flat files created with db_dump.
db_printlog converts database log files to human readable text.
db_recover is used to restore a database to a consistent state after a failure.
db_stat displays database environment statistics.
db_upgrade is used to upgrade database files to a newer version of Berkeley DB.
db_verify is used to run consistency checks on database files.