6 Berkeley DB Notes

library(bdb) is built on top of Berkeley DB. Berkeley DB can be downloaded from:

     
     
     http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db

Berkeley DB for Mac OS X can be installed using MacPorts http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki.

library(bdb) is built using version 4.5.20. It may be possible to recompile it to work with other versions as well.

When using Berkeley DB under Windows, you should set the PATH environment variable to contain the path to libdb45.dll. Consult the Berkeley DB documentation for further info.


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