<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Chapter 1. Introduction</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gettingStarted.css" type="text/css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Berkeley DB Installation and Build Guide" /> <link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Berkeley DB Installation and Build Guide" /> <link rel="prev" href="moreinfo.html" title="For More Information" /> <link rel="next" href="install.html" title="Chapter 2. System Installation Notes" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 1. Introduction</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="moreinfo.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center"> </th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="install.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="chapter" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title"><a id="introduction"></a>Chapter 1. Introduction</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="toc"> <p> <b>Table of Contents</b> </p> <dl> <dt> <span class="sect1"> <a href="introduction.html#install-overview">Installation Overview</a> </span> </dt> </dl> </div> <p> Welcome to the Berkeley DB. This manual describes how to configure, build and install Berkeley DB. Installation of DB for all of the platforms it officially supports is described in this manual. Upgrade instructions and release notes for newer versions of this product are described here. For infomation on upgrading from historical versions, see the <a class="ulink" href="http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17076_02/html/upgrading/index.html" target="_top"> Berkeley DB Upgrade Guide. </a> </p> <p> Note that some operating systems and distributions might provide DB, either by default or as part of an installation option. If so, those platforms will have installation instructions for DB specific to them. In this situation, you should see the documentation for your operating system or distribution provider for information on how to get DB on your platform. </p> <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="install-overview"></a>Installation Overview</h2> </div> </div> </div> <p> Berkeley DB is an open-source product, and as such it is usually offered in source-code format. This means that placing DB on your platform requires you to configure the build scripts, compile it, and then install the product onto your host system. The exception to this are Microsoft Windows platforms for which a binary installer is available. Note that for Windows platforms, you can still compile the product from source if you desire. </p> <p> For *nix systems, including the BSD and Linux systems, the usual <code class="literal">configure</code>, <code class="literal">make</code> and <code class="literal">make install</code> installation process is used to place DB on your platform. </p> <p> For information on building and installing Berkeley DB on: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul type="disc"> <li> <p> Microsoft Windows, see <a class="xref" href="build_win.html" title="Chapter 4. Building Berkeley DB for Windows"> Building Berkeley DB for Windows </a> or <a class="xref" href="build_wince.html" title="Chapter 5. Building Berkeley DB for Windows Mobile"> Building Berkeley DB for Windows Mobile </a>. </p> </li> <li> <p> Unix/POSIX — including Linux, BSD, iPhone OS, and Mac OS X — see <a class="xref" href="build_unix.html" title="Chapter 6. Building Berkeley DB for UNIX/POSIX"> Building Berkeley DB for UNIX/POSIX </a>. </p> </li> <li> <p> VxWorks, see <a class="xref" href="build_vxworks.html" title="Chapter 7. Building Berkeley DB for VxWorks"> Building Berkeley DB for VxWorks </a>. </p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="moreinfo.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="install.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">For More Information </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 2. System Installation Notes </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>