Edb 1.0.5.050 This is a database conveneince library base on db 2.7.7 from http://www.sleepycat.com (see src/LICENSE for license details). It is intended to make accessing database information portable, easy, fast and efficient as well as bypass the proplem of libdb continuously changing formats. Read the Edb.h header for inormation on how to use the calls and the test directory for sample code. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMPILING AND INSTALLING: ./configure make (as root unless you are installing in your users directories): make install ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BUILDING PACKAGES: RPM: To build rpm packages: sudo rpm -ta edb-1.0.5.050.tar.gz You will find rpm packages in your system /usr/src/redhat/* dirs (note you may not need to use sudo or root if you have your own ~/.rpmrc. see rpm documents for more details) DEB: To build deb packages: tar zvf edb-1.0.5.050.tar.gz cd edb-1.0.5.050 dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot cd .. rm -rf edb-1.0.5.050 You will find all the debian source, binary etc. packages put in the directory where you first untarred the source tarball.