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Installing Berkeley DB

Installing Berkeley + DB

Berkeley DB installs the following files into the following locations, -with the following default values:

+ Berkeley DB installs the following files into the following + locations, with the following default values: +

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With one exception, this follows the GNU Autoconf and GNU Coding -Standards installation guidelines; please see that documentation for -more information and rationale.

The single exception is the Berkeley DB documentation. The -Berkeley DB documentation is provided in HTML format, not in -UNIX-style man or GNU info format. For this reason, Berkeley DB -configuration does not support --infodir or --mandir. -To change the default installation location for the Berkeley DB -documentation, modify the Makefile variable, docdir.

When installing Berkeley DB on filesystems shared by machines of -different architectures, please note that although Berkeley DB -include files are installed based on the value of $(prefix), rather than -$(exec_prefix), the Berkeley DB include files are not always -architecture independent.

To move the entire installation tree to somewhere besides -/usr/local, change the value of prefix.

To move the binaries and libraries to a different location, change the -value of exec_prefix. The values of includedir and -libdir may be similarly changed.

Any of these values except for docdir may be set as part of -the configuration:

+ With one exception, this follows the GNU Autoconf and GNU + Coding Standards installation guidelines; please see that + documentation for more information and rationale. +

+ The single exception is the Berkeley DB documentation. The + Berkeley DB documentation is provided in HTML format, not in + UNIX-style man or GNU info format. For this reason, Berkeley + DB configuration does not support --infodir + or --mandir. To change the default installation + location for the Berkeley DB documentation, modify the + Makefile variable, docdir. +

+ When installing Berkeley DB on filesystems shared by + machines of different architectures, please note that although + Berkeley DB include files are installed based on the value of + $(prefix), rather than $(exec_prefix), the Berkeley DB include + files are not always architecture independent. +

+ To move the entire installation tree to somewhere besides + /usr/local, change the + value of prefix. +

+ To move the binaries and libraries to a different location, + change the value of exec_prefix. The + values of includedir and libdir may be similarly changed. +

+ Any of these values except for docdir + may be set as part of the configuration: +

prompt: ../dist/configure --bindir=/usr/local/bin

Any of these values, including docdir, may be changed when doing -the install itself:

+ Any of these values, including docdir, + may be changed when doing the install itself: +

prompt: make prefix=/usr/contrib/bdb install

The Berkeley DB installation process will attempt to create any -directories that do not already exist on the system.

+ The Berkeley DB installation process will attempt to create + any directories that do not already exist on the system. +