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  46               <a href="introduction.html#install-overview">Installation Overview</a>
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  56       <p>
  57             Welcome to the Berkeley DB. This manual describes how to
  58             configure, build and install Berkeley DB. Installation of DB
  59             for all of the platforms it officially supports is described in
  60             this manual. Upgrade instructions and release notes for newer
  61             versions of this product are described here. For infomation on
  62             upgrading from historical versions, see the
  63
  64             <a class="ulink" href="http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17076_02/html/upgrading/index.html" target="_top">
  65                         Berkeley DB Upgrade Guide.
  66            </a>
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  68       <p>
  69             Note that some operating systems and distributions might
  70             provide DB, either by default or as part of an installation
  71             option. If so, those platforms will have installation
  72             instructions for DB specific to them. In this situation, you should
  73             see the documentation for your operating system or distribution
  74             provider for information on how to get DB on your
  75             platform.
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  86                 Berkeley DB is an open-source product, and as such it is
  87                 usually offered in source-code format. This means that
  88                 placing DB on your platform requires you to configure
  89                 the build scripts, compile it, and then install the product
  90                 onto your host system. The exception to this are Microsoft
  91                 Windows platforms for which a binary installer is
  92                 available. Note that for Windows platforms, you can still
  93                 compile the product from source if you desire.
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  95         <p>
  96                 For *nix systems, including the BSD and Linux systems,
  97                 the usual <code class="literal">configure</code>, <code class="literal">make</code>
  98                 and <code class="literal">make install</code> installation
  99                 process is used to place DB on your platform.
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 102                 For information on building and installing Berkeley DB on:
 103             </p>
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 107               <p>
 108                         Microsoft Windows, see <a class="xref" href="build_win.html" title="Chapter 5.  Building Berkeley DB for Windows">
 109                 Building Berkeley DB for Windows
 110         </a>
 111                         or <a class="xref" href="build_wince.html" title="Chapter 6.  Building Berkeley DB for Windows Mobile">
 112                 Building Berkeley DB for Windows Mobile
 113         </a>.
 114                     </p>
 115             </li>
 116             <li>
 117               <p>
 118                         Unix/POSIX — including Linux, BSD, Apple iOS (known as iPhone OS previously), and Mac OS X — see
 119                         <a class="xref" href="build_unix.html" title="Chapter 7.  Building Berkeley DB for UNIX/POSIX">
 120                 Building Berkeley DB for UNIX/POSIX
 121         </a>.
 122                     </p>
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 126                         VxWorks, see <a class="xref" href="build_vxworks.html" title="Chapter 8.  Building Berkeley DB for VxWorks">
 127                 Building Berkeley DB for VxWorks
 128         </a>.
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