<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Chapter 2. Creating a New Berkeley DB Binary</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gettingStarted.css" type="text/css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.62.4" /> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Porting Berkeley DB" /> <link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Porting Berkeley DB" /> <link rel="previous" href="portprocess.html" title="Berkeley DB Porting Process" /> <link rel="next" href="modscope.html" title=" Determining the Scope of the Modifications " /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 2. Creating a New Berkeley DB Binary</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="portprocess.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center"> </th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="modscope.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="chapter" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title"><a id="newbinary"></a>Chapter 2. Creating a New Berkeley DB Binary</h2> </div> </div> <div></div> </div> <div class="toc"> <p> <b>Table of Contents</b> </p> <dl> <dt> <span class="sect1"> <a href="newbinary.html#basebuild"> Creating a Base Build of Berkeley DB </a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect1"> <a href="modscope.html"> Determining the Scope of the Modifications </a> </span> </dt> <dd> <dl> <dt> <span class="sect2"> <a href="modscope.html#osfunc"> Do Changes Need to be Made to the Operating System Functionality? </a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> <a href="modscope.html#standardfunc">Are Some Standard Functions Missing on the Target Platform?</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> <a href="modscope.html#sharedmem">How Will the Port Handle Shared Memory?</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> <a href="modscope.html#typemutex">What Type of Mutexes Will the Port Use?</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> <a href="modscope.html#otherchanges">Do Any Other Changes Need to be Made?</a> </span> </dt> </dl> </dd> <dt> <span class="sect1"> <a href="buildtarget.html"> Building on the Target Platform</a> </span> </dt> </dl> </div> <p> Creating a new Berkeley DB executable on the target platform, involves: </p> <div class="orderedlist"> <ol type="1"> <li> <p> <a href="newbinary.html#basebuild"> Creating a Base Build of Berkeley DB </a> </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="modscope.html"> Determining the Scope of the Modifications </a> </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="buildtarget.html"> Building on the Target Platform</a> </p> </li> </ol> </div> <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="basebuild"></a> Creating a Base Build of Berkeley DB </h2> </div> </div> <div></div> </div> <p> The simplest way to begin a port is to attempt to configure and build Berkeley DB on a UNIX or UNIX-like system. This gives you a list of the files that you needed to build Berkeley DB as well as the configuration files you can use as a starting point for building on your target port. </p> <p> To create a base build of Berkeley DB, following the instructions in the <i class="citetitle">Berkeley DB Programmer's Reference Guide</i>: </p> <div class="orderedlist"> <ol type="1"> <li> <p> Download a Berkeley DB distribution from <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/db/" target="_top">http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/db/</a>. </p> </li> <li> <p> Build Berkeley DB. </p> </li> </ol> </div> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="portprocess.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="index.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="modscope.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Berkeley DB Porting Process </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Determining the Scope of the Modifications </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>