Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] install problems

[David E. <de...@us...>]

Donald Tees wrote:

 > I am trying to install tiny-cobol but am obviously missing
 > a package.
 >
 > I have installed the db1-1.85.4-8.i386.rpm, but am getting
 > the following on the ./configure command,
 >
 > #./configure --with-libdb=3
 > ...
 > Beginning DB library header search sequence
 > checking for db3/db_185.h... no
 > configure: error: header db3/db_185.h for library db version
 > 3.x not found... aborting
 >
 > I tried both with and without the --with-libdb=3 option.
 >
 > Any pointers?

Many distributions have BDB installed by default.

Check to see if you have BDB installed, and what version.
Newer distributions have migrated to BDB version 4x.

If so, you could try the 'configure --with-libdb=4' option.

Since you have installed BDB '1.85.4' the '--with-libdb=1' option will 
likely NOT work.
The version 0.63 configure was not designed with this in mind, so the 
script will fail.

If BDB is not installed, check your distribution packages.

If all else fails, download the BDB 1.85.4 sources and build and install 
those.

The above should work, but it depends on the locations and names of the
BDB header and library files.

Hope this helps,

David Essex