1<!--$Id: install.so,v 10.18 2006/10/05 01:06:05 bostic Exp $--> 2<!--Copyright (c) 1997,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> 3<!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> 4<html> 5<head> 6<title>Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Installing Berkeley DB</title> 7<meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> 8<meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> 9</head> 10<body bgcolor=white> 11<a name="2"><!--meow--></a> 12<table width="100%"><tr valign=top> 13<td><b><dl><dt>Berkeley DB Reference Guide:<dd>Building Berkeley DB for UNIX/POSIX systems</dl></b></td> 14<td align=right><a href="/build_unix/flags.html"><img src="/images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="/toc.html"><img src="/images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="/build_unix/shlib.html"><img src="/images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> 15</td></tr></table> 16<p align=center><b>Installing Berkeley DB</b></p> 17<p>Berkeley DB installs the following files into the following locations, 18with the following default values:</p> 19<table border=1 align=center> 20<tr><th>Configuration Variables</th><th>Default value</th></tr> 21<tr><td>--prefix</td><td>/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.<b>Major</b>.<b>Minor</b></td></tr> 22<tr><td>--exec_prefix</td><td>$(prefix)</td></tr> 23<tr><td>--bindir</td><td>$(exec_prefix)/bin</td></tr> 24<tr><td>--includedir</td><td>$(prefix)/include</td></tr> 25<tr><td>--libdir</td><td>$(exec_prefix)/lib</td></tr> 26<tr><td>docdir</td><td>$(prefix)/docs</td></tr> 27<tr><th>Files</th><th>Default location</th></tr> 28<tr><td>include files</td><td>$(includedir)</td></tr> 29<tr><td>libraries</td><td>$(libdir)</td></tr> 30<tr><td>utilities</td><td>$(bindir)</td></tr> 31<tr><td>documentation</td><td>$(docdir)</td></tr> 32</table> 33<p>With one exception, this follows the GNU Autoconf and GNU Coding 34Standards installation guidelines; please see that documentation for 35more information and rationale.</p> 36<p>The single exception is the Berkeley DB documentation. The 37Berkeley DB documentation is provided in HTML format, not in 38UNIX-style man or GNU info format. For this reason, Berkeley DB 39configuration does not support <b>--infodir</b> or <b>--mandir</b>. 40To change the default installation location for the Berkeley DB 41documentation, modify the Makefile variable, <b>docdir</b>.</p> 42<p>When installing Berkeley DB on filesystems shared by machines of 43different architectures, please note that although Berkeley DB 44include files are installed based on the value of $(prefix), rather than 45$(exec_prefix), the Berkeley DB include files are not always 46architecture independent.</p> 47<p>To move the entire installation tree to somewhere besides 48<b>/usr/local</b>, change the value of <b>prefix</b>.</p> 49<p>To move the binaries and libraries to a different location, change the 50value of <b>exec_prefix</b>. The values of <b>includedir</b> and 51<b>libdir</b> may be similarly changed.</p> 52<p>Any of these values except for <b>docdir</b> may be set as part of 53the configuration:</p> 54<blockquote><pre>prompt: /dist/configure --bindir=/usr/local/bin</pre></blockquote> 55<p>Any of these values, including <b>docdir</b>, may be changed when doing 56the install itself:</p> 57<blockquote><pre>prompt: make prefix=/usr/contrib/bdb install</pre></blockquote> 58<p>The Berkeley DB installation process will attempt to create any 59directories that do not already exist on the system.</p> 60<table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right><a href="/build_unix/flags.html"><img src="/images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="/toc.html"><img src="/images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="/build_unix/shlib.html"><img src="/images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> 61</td></tr></table> 62<p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> 63</body> 64</html> 65