Download location (HTTP): http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-1.8.2.tar.gz Download location (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-1.8.2.tar.gz Version used: 1.8.2 Package size: 292 KB Estimated Disk space required: 2 MB |
The gdbm package contains a dbm library. This is useful for database routines that use extendible hashing.
Install gdbm by running the following commands:
./configure && make prefix=/usr && make prefix=/usr man3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 infodir=/usr/share/info \ BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install |
In addition, you may need to install the compatibility headers for gdbm. Apache 1.3, for example, will need these headers. Install the compatibility headers by running the following command:
make prefix=/usr man3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 infodir=/usr/share/info \ BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install-compat |
prefix=/usr man3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 infodir=/usr/share/info : This command sets the file install locations which configure fails to do when the standard parameters are used.
BINOWN=root BINGRP=root : This command changes the file ownership to root instead of the bin user.
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 whilst logged in as root.
The gdbm package contains gdbm libraries.
gdbm libraries contains functions that preform database routines using extendible hashing,