Don't know about having to compile it, but binary installation is much easier:
http://www.sapdb.org/htmhelp/41/03393cddb05357e10000000a114084/content.htm unpack the tar.gz file run the installation program then add something to your PATH .... after which you create the database. Then you have JDBC, Perl, and Python interfaces to sapdb. Granted, though, that I am also not interested in their other products. On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 22:42, Avi Cherry wrote: > At 11:49 AM +1100 11/9/02, Jesus M. Salvo Jr. wrote: > >My favourite: SAP-DB: > > > >http://www.sapdb.org/ > >http://www.sapdb.org/sap_db_jdbc.htm > > > >I am still surprised that not too many people have not taken up SAP-DB, > >despite being GPL and LPGL, and having some features that other > > proprietary databases have ( like Oracle's online redo logs ) > > I looked at sapdb a few months ago. It looks to me like 'dump-ware'. > A company decides to try to get more interest in its main product > (the rest of SAP, not sapdb) by open-sourcing something that might be > useful to people. Sadly, the process involved in getting the system > compiled (you must bootstrap their own development environment before > you can build), installed and configured is a nightmare. I can't say > that I really spent much time working with it (I decided it might be > fun to get it ported to OSX) but in the several days I spent with it, > I got almost nowhere. Maybe the project has become such a mess that > they're hoping that someone or some group out there might come in and > clean it up for them. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
