source: general/genlib/gdbm.xml@ 5dfd96a

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<!ENTITY gdbm-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-&gdbm-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY gdbm-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-&gdbm-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY gdbm-md5sum "1d1b1d5c0245b1c00aff92da751e9aa1">
<!ENTITY gdbm-size "223 KB">
<!ENTITY gdbm-buildsize "2.75 MB">
<!ENTITY gdbm-time "0.08 SBU">
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<sect1 id="gdbm" xreflabel="GDBM-&gdbm-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gdbm.html"?>
<title>GDBM-&gdbm-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="gdbm">
<primary sortas="a-GDBM">GDBM</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to 
<application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application></title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application> package
contains the <acronym>GNU</acronym> Database Manager. This
is a disk file format database which stores key/data-pairs in single
files. The actual data of any record being stored is indexed by a unique
key, which can be retrieved in less time than if it was stored in a text
file.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gdbm-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gdbm-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gdbm-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gdbm-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&gdbm-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gdbm-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of 
<application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application></title>

<para>Install <application><acronym>GDBM</acronym></application> by running 
the following commands:
</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install</command></userinput></screen>

<para>In addition, you may need to install the <application>DBM</application>
and <application>NDBM</application> compatibility headers and library since 
some applications look for these older dbm routines.</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install-compat</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install</command>: This
command overrides the <varname>BINOWN</varname> and
<varname>BINGRP</varname> variables in the <filename>Makefile</filename>
changing ownership of the installed files to root instead of the bin
user.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

<seglistitem>
<seg>None</seg>
<seg>libgdbm.[so,a] and libgdbm_compat.[so,a]</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="libgdbm">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgdbm.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>contains functions that perform database routines using 
extendible hashing.</para>
<indexterm zone="gdbm libgdbm">
<primary sortas="c-libgdbm">libgdbm.[so,a]</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>