On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Darren Williams wrote:

> > > > I'm trying to install netatalk which requires BerkeleyDB.4.2 I've
> > > > downloaded the tarball for db4 and built it according to instructions (I
> > > > think). The output of #make install is below. It looks OK to me. When I
> > > > configure netatalk, it tells me db4 isn't there (see below). What did I do
> > > > wrong?

> Ohh Debian
> Have you got libdb4.2-dev installed this will include the libraries and
> headers required for building and linking

> > To make matters worse.. apt-get tells me that I already have 4.2
> > installed, but I can't find it anywhere, and neither can netatalk's
> > configure.... I wish I knew what i was doing - I'm sure that would help!

Mr.Williams you are a STAR!
<apt-get install libdb4.2-dev> fixed everything.

What a shame there isn't a hint in the docs somewhere about that. It would
save a lot of time and angst. I'm sure it's really obvious to anyone who
already knows.

many thanks...

David.
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