From: "Albert L. Wagner" <alwagner@...>
Date: 2001-11-15T06:22:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25217] Re: OT: Berkeley DB on windows

That looks good, Rich. But, but that's just ruby and the db
interface; what did you do for the database itself?

Rich Kilmer wrote:
> 
> Download the Win32 MinGW version of Ruby here:
> 
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/~eban/ruby/binaries/mingw/
> 
> and download the BDB (or other) extensions here:
> 
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/~eban/ruby/binaries/mingw/ext/
> 
> they extract into /usr/...
> 
> you can move the extracted files after the fact.
> 
> I use this version and it works great!
> 
> -Rich
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Albert L. Wagner [mailto:alwagner@uark.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 3:11 PM
> > To: ruby-talk ML
> > Subject: [ruby-talk:25213] OT: Berkeley DB on windows
> >
> >
> > I have successfully installed Guy Decoux's Ruby/bdb and the
> > Berkeley DB on Linux.  I would also like to install it on
> > Windows, but SleepyCat only provides source code for Visual C++
> > on windows.  I don't have MSVC++.  Can anyone point me to an
> > executable for the Berkeley DB or maybe how to compile on MinGW?
> > I have hunted everywhere and am at a total loss.  Any pointers
> > are greatly appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > "It requires wisdom to understand wisdom:
> >  the music is nothing if the audience is deaf."
> >  - Walter Lippman

-- 
"It requires wisdom to understand wisdom:
 the music is nothing if the audience is deaf."
 - Walter Lippman