Hello -

I am trying to install gnome-libs 1.4.1.2. When I run ./configure, I get the following error:

checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for getpagesize... (cached) yes
checking for working mmap... (cached) yes
checking for umode_t... no
checking for dbopen... no
checking for dbopen in -ldb... no
checking for dbopen in -ldb1... no
checking for __db185_open in -ldb-3... no
configure: error: Your db library is missing db 1.85 compatibility mode

"rpm -qa |grep db" shows the following versions installed:

db42-4.2.52-20.2
db-4.3.29-15.2
db-utils-4.3.29-15.2
db41-4.1.25-91.2
db-devel-4.3.29-15.2
db1-1.85-89

I am running SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.1 sp1.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

- Joe

http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermai...er/030268.html
... there was a mess-up with a header file. Could be your issue. Possibly you just need a more recent db...

Try this: 'db1-devel-1.85-99.i586.rpm'
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i586.rpm.html

Try this: 'db1-devel-1.85-99.i586.rpm'
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i586.rpm.html

None of the links on that page work. They keep saying "failed to change to directory"

I am looking through hints.linuxfromscratch.org... this looks promising, but I don't know what it means...


The gnome hint gives the following instructions (specific to db-3.3.11).

cd build_unix/
../dist/configure \
--prefix=/usr \
--enable-compat185 \
--enable-static \
--enable-shared
make docdir=/usr/doc/Berkeley-DB all install
cd /usr/lib/ && ln -s libdb-3.3.a libdb.a
sed 's/^DB185/DB/' /usr/include/db_185.h >
/usr/include/db_185.h.new mv /usr/include/db_185.h.new

Well, the link in your post #4 works fine now.

Well, the link in your post #4 works fine now.

Yes, I can get to the search page, but when it lists download sites, none of them work.

Thanks though.

I just added db-4.6.21... did not fix issue.

cd build_unix/
../dist/configure \
--prefix=/usr \
--enable-compat185


Did this for db4.6.21. I still get the same error with gnome-libs...

knudfl is suggesting that you install the development package as well. I hope that means he knows for a fact that the compatibility mode is in there.

I found a different package:
db1-devel-1.85-89 RPM for i586 ... but it's for SuSE 9.3 Cannot find any rpms for later SUSE releases, certainly none for SLED ... suggests that the latest packages are in the repos.

Note: have you tried the SLED repos?
If you are trying to maintain SLED without the paid support, you should consider a migration to openSUSE instead. It's a pain, I know - in NZ, Novell have a habit of handing out free SLED DVDs for installfests and SFD. This is nasty as the migration to openSUSE is non-trivial.

db-4.3.27-3.1 RPM for i686 is another SuSE 9.3 rpm - it features:
The API notes say
This suggests you need
./configure --enable-compat185

Found a better address for suse 10.1 db1-devel-1.85-99.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...rce/suse/i586/

It worked! I was able to get the db1-devel package, installed it, and got right by the db compatibility error! Woohoo!

I now have some other issues, but I will see if I can't work through them before I post anything.

Thanks knudfl and Simon Bridge for your help. As for SLED, I ordered the software with the support subscription, but it has not yet arrived. I am working on an eval copy until then.

You can normally enable the support subscription for the evaluation copy. Tell Novell about this.