After installing the required prerequisite for OpenLDAP installation, I ran into my first error in running the configure script:
…
checking db.h usability… no
checking db.h presence… no
checking for db.h… no
configure: error: BDB/HDB: BerkeleyDB not available
At first, I thought this was just a case of $PATH not set up properly (since /usr/local) in not in the path by default). After setting up the path:
# echo $PATH
/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.3:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.3/bin:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.3/include/
#
I still have the error.
I then added the path for the include files in the env
env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/Berkeley/include
Did the configure and…
checking for db.h… yes
That fixed…
Next error… 
6 Responses to “configure: error: BDB/HDB: BerkeleyDB not available”
on September 20th, 2007 at 5:56 pm #
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Followed the above steps but still the same error.
Please help.
i dont have those path:
/usr/local/Berkeley/
/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.3
they are even non-existing. what should i do?
Please verify your BerkeleyDB path before saying it doesn’t work. Obviously not everyone has version 3.3. I have 4.7, myself, and had to modify the command slightly. But as long as you installed BDB successfully and point correctly, it should find the libraries needed without issue.
I tried adding the path for the include files in the environment, but keep getting a “Permission Denied” error, even as root. any thoughts?
nevermind, I got it. turns out I typed in the path for the include files incorrectly. Also still received the error, but fixed it with:
CPPFLAGS=”-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.3/include”
export CPPFLAGS
LDFLAGS=”-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.3/lib -R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.3/lib”
export LDFLAGS
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=”/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.3/lib”
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH