From: Rich Kilmer <rich@...>
Date: 2001-11-15T08:06:30+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25223] Re: OT: Berkeley DB on windows

Albert,

Try the extension...it includes the DB library bound into the .so file.  
I am running Guy's examples with only the 'bdb.so' file in the 
ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby\1.6\i386-mingw32 directory...and they work (read and
write databases, etc).

-Rich

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ruby-talk-admin@ruby-lang.org
> [mailto:ruby-talk-admin@ruby-lang.org]On Behalf Of Albert L. Wagner
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:33 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: [ruby-talk:25222] Re: OT: Berkeley DB on windows
> 
> 
> Sorry. Don't mean to be contentious, but I think you must have
> the Berkeley database already installed.  I downloaded bdb from
> that link and it only has the bdb extension by Guy Decoux, not
> the database proper.  I'll go back to the site and look for
> another package.
> 
> Rich Kilmer wrote:
> > 
> > That IS the database and the interface (all in one nice little 
> package) ;-)
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Albert L. Wagner [mailto:alwagner@uark.edu]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:23 PM
> > > To: ruby-talk ML
> > > 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
> 
> -- 
> "It requires wisdom to understand wisdom:
>  the music is nothing if the audience is deaf."
>  - Walter Lippman