Install gdbm by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man && make && make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install In addition, you may need to install the compatibility headers for gdbm. Apache 1.3, for example, will need these headers. Install the compatibility headers by running the following command: make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install-compat