[Box Backup-dev] Compile BoxBackup under Debian Woody failed

[Roy]

Martin Ebourne wrote:
> Roy <boxbackup@hostingbrothers.nl> wrote:
>> I suppose I didn't look at the packages that apt-get wanted to remove.
>> Most of them are indeed dev packages. But don't I need g++ (g++-2.95),
>> or is Box written in C and not C++?
>
> Sorry, I missed the g++ in there. You don't need g++-2.95 because that 
> will be an old compatibility compiler in addition to the newer g++. 
> But you most certainly do need g++. I also find it remarkable that the 
> package dependencies in debian would mutually exlude g++ and the bdb 
> v1 dev package - that is absurd. There must be something else going on 
> to make it want to do that.
I believe g++ is a meta package for version 2.95.

The configure scripts barks out at the following:
[..]
checking for db.h... 2.7.7
checking for library containing Berkeley DB 2.7.7... -ldb
configure: using Berkeley DB version 2.7.7
configure: error: only Berkely DB versions 1.x or at least 4.1 are 
currently supported

Is there a switch to give to ./configure to stop checking for bdb? Or 
does anybody know a bdb v4 package for Debian Woody?

Gr.

Roy
>
> I'd be inclined to let it go ahead. Then afterwards apt-get install 
> g++ back on again. Starting from a different point it might suggest 
> removing something else instead which is causing this conflict.
>
>> And if I compile Box with BDB v1 support, then it expects it at runtime
>> I think. Won't I run into problems later if I want to compile something
>> else and all those dev packages are reinstalled? Logically I would say
>> no, only bdb dev package will be deinstalled and box will run fine
>> without.
>
> You're correct, only the dev package is affected because you've 
> already said you managed to parallel install the runtime packages.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Martin.
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