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Welcome to the Berkeley DB. This manual describes how to
configure, build and install Berkeley DB. Installation of
DB for all of the platforms it officially supports is
described in this manual. Upgrade instructions and release
notes for newer versions of this product are described here.
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Note that some operating systems and distributions might
provide DB, either by default or as part of an
installation option. If so, those platforms will have
installation instructions for DB specific to them. In this
situation, you should see the documentation for your operating
system or distribution provider for information on how to get
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Berkeley DB is an open-source product, and as such it is
usually offered in source-code format. This means that
placing DB on your platform requires you to configure
the build scripts, compile it, and then install the
product onto your host system. The exception to this are
Microsoft Windows platforms for which a binary installer
is available. The Windows binary installer provides a
fairly standard configuration of Berkeley DB; if you
need special features you may enable
them by compiling the product from source.
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For *nix systems, including the BSD and Linux systems,
the usual <code class="literal">configure</code>,
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place DB on your platform.
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VxWorks, see <a class="xref" href="build_vxworks.html" title="Chapter 6. Building Berkeley DB for VxWorks"> Building Berkeley DB for VxWorks </a>.
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