Re: Compiler error: cannot find -ldb

[Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu>]

Luis Arocha wrote:

> Y el lunes 12 de febrero, Adam C Powell IV escribió:
> >
> > Which release are you using?  Which version of libdb2-dev?
> >
> > If woody/sid, you will find /usr/lib/libdb.so in libdb2-dev 2.7.7-2.2.  If potato,
> > you will find it in libc6-dev 2.1.3-15.
> >
> Installed packages:
> ii  libc6          2.2.1-1        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
> ii  libc6-dev      2.2.1-1        GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Hea
> ii  libdb2         2.4.14-2.7.7.1 The Berkeley database routines (run-time fil
> ii  libdb2-dev     2.4.14-2.7.7.1 The Berkeley database routines (development
> ii  libdb2-util    2.4.14-2.7.7.1 The Berkeley database routines (development

Okay, you need to upgrade your libdb2* to 2.7.7-2.2.  If for some reason your apt
front-end isn't doing this automatically (I had the same problem), lynx over to your
favorite mirror, download and dpkg-i.

I suspect 2.7.7-2.2 is even listed in /var/state/apt/...Packages, but just isn't
showing in your package lists, as happened to me.  I thought it was ARM breakage
(there's plenty of that to go around), but since there are two of us with this problem,
I suspect that something about the version numbers is messing up apt.  Anyone else with
similar trouble?

Zeen,

-Adam P.

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