Berkeley DB XML installs the following files into the following locations:
| Configuration Variables | Default value |
|---|---|
| --prefix | /usr/local/BerkeleyDBXML.Major.Minor |
| --exec_prefix | $(prefix) |
| --bindir | $(exec_prefix)/bin |
| --includedir | $(prefix)/include |
| --libdir | $(exec_prefix)/lib |
| docdir | $(prefix)/docs |
Berkeley DB XML uses the following default values for its installation locations:
| Files | Default location |
|---|---|
| include files | $(includedir) |
| libraries | $(libdir) |
| utilities | $(bindir) |
| documentation | $(docdir) |
There is one exception to the above values, and this follows the GNU Autoconf and GNU Coding Standards installation guidelines; please see that documentation for more information and rationale.
Also the Berkeley DB XML documentation is provided in HTML and PDF format, not in
UNIX-style man or GNU info format. For this reason, Berkeley DB XML
configuration does not support --infodir or
--mandir. To change the default installation
location for the Berkeley DB XML documentation, modify the Makefile
variable, docdir.
When installing Berkeley DB XML on filesystems shared by machines of different architectures, please note that although Berkeley DB XML include files are installed based on the value of $(prefix), rather than $(exec_prefix), the Berkeley DB XML include files are not always architecture independent.
To move the entire installation tree to somewhere besides
/usr/local, change the value of
prefix.
To move the binaries and libraries to a different location, change
the value of exec_prefix. The values of
includedir and libdir may be
similarly changed.
Any of these values except for docdir may be set
as part of the configuration:
prompt: ../dist/configure --bindir=/usr/local/bin
Any of these values, including docdir, may be
changed when doing the install itself:
prompt: make prefix=/usr/contrib/bdb install
The Berkeley DB XML installation process will attempt to create any directories that do not already exist on the system.