Building Berkeley DB for 32 bit Windows

Question

Hi,
I downloaded Berkeley DB 5.1.25.msi Windows installer, with AES encryption (27M) md5 from
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/downloads/index.html
I followed the instructions below to build a Debug Version: (My comments in bold.  I noticed that libdb51d.lib was not avail to build the Debug version)
I am using Visual Studio Express 2008
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Steve Lee
1. Choose File -> Open -> Project/Solution.... In the build_windows directory, select
Berkeley_DB.sln and click Open. *(I notice that the directory only contained Berkeley_DB_examples. I did not find Berkeley_DB.sln)*
2. The Visual Studio Conversion Wizard will open automatically. Click the Finish button.
3. On the next screen click the Close button.
4. Choose the desired project configuration from the drop-down menu on the tool bar
(either Debug or Release).
5. Choose the desired platform configuration from the drop-down menu on the tool bar
(usually Win32 or x64).
6. To build, right-click on the Berkeley_DB solution and select Build Solution.
Build results
The results of your build will be placed in one of the following Berkeley DB subdirectories,
depending on the configuration that you chose:
build_windows\Win32\Debug
build_windows\Win32\Release
build_windows\Win32\Debug_static *(This option was not avail)*
build_windows\Win32\Release_static *(This option was not avail)*
When building your application during development, you should normally use compile options
"Debug Multithreaded DLL" *(This option was not avail)* and link against build_windows\Debug\libdb51d.lib. *(libdb51d.lib was not avail)*
You can also build using a release version of the Berkeley DB libraries and tools, which will be placed
in build_windows\Win32\Release\libdb51.lib. When linking against the release build,
you should compile your code with the "Release Multithreaded DLL" compile option *(Release Multithreaded DLL was not avail)*. You
will also need to add the build_windows directory to the list of include directories of your
application's project, or copy the Berkeley DB include files to another location.
Edited by: 840755 on Mar 1, 2011 10:21 AM
Edited by: 840755 on Mar 1, 2011 10:21 AM
Edited by: 840755 on Mar 1, 2011 10:22 AM

Answer 1

Hi,
I am new to Berkely DB and I want to see a working example on Win 7 64 bit on a VC++ 64 bit project.
I downloaded the Berkeley DB 5.1.25.zip file and when I try to biuld the Berkeley_DB_examples_vs2010 on VC++ 2010 64 bit
I get the following error:
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'libdb51d.lib'
I can find the libdb51.lib' on my computer but not the libdb51d.lib'
1) How can I get the file libdb51d.lib?
2) As I understand, my other option to see a working example is to install the Berkely DB using a Windows installer and to try to build a project from the provided .cpp (without .sln) files examples, I tried it but then I have configuration problems with the VC++ project, Which option of the 2 options shouls I use?
Thanks!