%general-entities; ]> Berkeley DB There are instructions to build this package in the BLFS book if you need to build the RPC server or additional language bindings. The additional language bindings will require additional packages to be installed. See for suggested installation instructions. Also, GDBM could be used in place of Berkeley DB to satisfy Man-DB. However, since Berkeley DB is considered a core part of the LFS build, it will not be listed as a dependency for any package in the BLFS book. Likewise, dozens of hours go into testing LFS with Berkeley DB installed, not with GDBM. If you fully understand the risks versus benefits of using GDBM and wish to use it anyway, see the BLFS instructions located at Prepare Berkeley DB for compilation: cd build_unix && ../dist/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-compat185 --enable-cxx --enable-compat185 This option enables building Berkeley DB 1.85 compatibility API. --enable-cxx This option enables building C++ API libraries. Compile the package: make It is not possible to test the package meaningfully, because that would involve building TCL bindings. TCL bindings cannot be built properly now because TCL is linked against Glibc in /tools, not against Glibc in /usr. Install the package: make docdir=/usr/share/doc/db-&db-version; install docdir=... This variable specifies the correct place for the documentation. Fix the ownerships of the installed files: chown -v root:root /usr/bin/db_* \ /usr/lib/libdb* /usr/include/db* && chown -Rv root:root /usr/share/doc/db-&db-version; Installed programs Installed libraries db_archive, db_checkpoint, db_deadlock, db_dump, db_hotbackup, db_load, db_printlog, db_recover, db_stat, db_upgrade, and db_verify libdb.{so,ar}and libdb_cxx.r{o,ar} Short Descriptions db_archive Prints the pathnames of log files that are no longer in use db_archive db_checkpoint A daemon used to monitor and checkpoint database logs db_checkpoint db_deadlock A daemon used to abort lock requests when deadlocks are detected db_deadlock db_dump Converts database files to a plain-text file format readable by db_load db_dump db_hotbackup Creates hot backup or hot failover snapshots of Berkeley DB databases db_hotbackup db_load Is used to create database files from plain-text files db_load db_printlog Converts database log files to human readable text db_printlog db_recover Is used to restore a database to a consistent state after a failure db_recover db_stat Displays statistics for Berkeley databases db_stat db_upgrade Is used to upgrade database files to a newer version of Berkeley DB db_upgrade db_verify Is used to run consistency checks on database files db_verify libdb.{so,a} Contains functions to manipulate database files from C programs libdb libdb_cxx.{so,a} Contains functions to manipulate database files from C++ programs libdb_cxx