Re: libdb (w/ 1.85 compatibility)

[Norm Reitzel <NormReitzel swbell net>]

On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:25:38 -0500
Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:55:46AM -0600, Jim Bjorksten wrote:
> > This webpage:  http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/download.shtml
> > doesn't mention libdb as a dependency.
> >
> > I'm trying to build gnumeric on a:
> > > uname -a
> > SunOS <hostname_not_applicable> 5.8 Generic_108528-16 sun4u sparc 
> > SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-Engine
> >
> > which doesn't have libdb installed on it already.
> >
> > I went to www.sleepycat.com and downloaded and built their latest 
> > version, but (as shown below) it doesn't have a 1.85 compatibility mode.
> >
> > Can someone point me to the best place to get a gnumeric-compatible 
> > libdb?  (a filename would be helpful if it's not obvious).
> >
> > Below is my configure error message:
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > checking for strdup... (cached) yes
> > checking for utime.h... yes
> > checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
> > checking for getpagesize... (cached) yes
> > checking for working mmap... (cached) yes
> > checking for umode_t... no
> > checking for dbopen... no
> > checking for dbopen in -ldb... no
> > checking for dbopen in -ldb1... no
> > configure: error: Your db library is missing db 1.85 compatibility mode
>
> Hmm.  Gnumeric does not depend on libdb.  That test must be coming
> from the gnome default tests somehow.  What version of gnumeric is
> this ?  My first guess would be that any version of libdb is ok, but
> you need to compile it with the 1.85 compatibility enabled.  I have
> not needed to look at that in a long time.
Get the most recent libdb from www.sleepycat.com, configure the source with the --enable-compat185 parameter, 
and build the db libraries.  Then, be certain to include the db install directory in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
environment variable, or copy or link the libdb files into a directory already on your library path.  Be sure 
that you get rid of any old copies of both the library and include files.

 -- Norm Reitzel