From 4133620058d1ab5a66f3d2253308f4fc679fa5ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ettore Perazzoli Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:49:40 +0000 Subject: Added instructions about compiling libdb. svn path=/trunk/; revision=10230 --- README | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 4401543b87..5bb4df6ba4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -145,9 +145,33 @@ and -devel packages for each library. db3 is available from www.sleepycat.com. Make sure to get 3.1.17, it isn't the newest version. - *** Note that db3 installs by default in /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.1 - *** so you may need to specify evolution to look in this directory - *** for it. We will add a check for this directory later. + +Compiling Berkeley DB +--------------------- + +If you don't have 3.1.17 installed on your system or Evolution doesn't +detect it for some reason, here is a way to get Evolution to link to +it without messing up your system installation. + +  * Get the Sleepycat tarball from: + +      http://www.sleepycat.com/update/3.1.17/db-3.1.17.tar.gz + +  * Compile according to instructions, but installing into some custom +    prefix, e.g: + +      ../dist/configure --prefix=/home/user/berkeleydb-3.1.17 + +  * Autogen Evolution specifying that it has to look for the DB +    library there, eg.: + +      ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/gnome +      --with-db3-includes=/home/user/berkeleydb-3.1.17/include +      --with-db3-libs=/home/user/berkeleydb-3.1.17/lib + + +Compiling Palm Pilot support +---------------------------- If you want support for PalmPilot syncing (currently experimental so please back up your pilot) you will also need to do the following: @@ -187,7 +211,9 @@ You'll need to `cp ~/.mozilla/default/*.db ~/evolution` on you've installed Evolution in order to get a functional SSL-enabled Evolution. -The layout of the source tree is: + +SOURCE TREE LAYOUT +------------------ addressbook: the Address Book UI art: graphics used by evolution -- cgit v1.2.3