openLDAP issues

[DarkRanger]

Hi guys,

First post here. I'm pretty new to linux, but have worked a bit with it. So not smart with it, but streetsmart. :P

I've encountered an error the same as the one encountered in this thread. The site doesn't allow me to post links, but it's on here somewhere. Also, I have done the solution as said there, but still no luck. I do have berkeleydb installed and db.h does exist.

A breakdown of what I do follows below:

~# cd openldap-2.4.21
~/openldap-2.4.21# sudo ./configure --with-ldap
//runs a load of lines then stops with this:
checking db.h usability... no
checking db.h presence... no
checking for db.h... no
configure: error: BDB/HDB: BerkeleyDB not available
~# CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/berkeleydb/include"
~# export CPPFLAGS
~# LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/berkeleydb/lib -R/usr/local/berkeleydb/lib"
~# export LDFLAGS
~# LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/berkeleydb/lib"
~# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
~# cd openldap-2.4.21
~/openldap-2.4.21# sudo ./configure --with-ldap
//runs a load of lines then stops with the same error:
checking db.h usability... no
checking db.h presence... no
checking for db.h... no
configure: error: BDB/HDB: BerkeleyDB not available

Any ideas?

PS: This is on ubuntu 10.04

[ptkobe]

Search for "openldap berkeleydb not available"

and you may find this
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ser...rkeley-db.html
and this
Re: err msg: BerkeleyDB not available
and more

worth a try, I hope

Just curious, why not use the ubuntu openldap package instead?
$ sudo apt-get install slapd ldap-utils

Regards
Luis

[DarkRanger]

Hi Luis,

Thanks for the reply.

The first link is the page I wanted to link to but I was denied as stated. I was denied to post a link ofcourse (sub-15 posts).

The second link I try to follow the steps (obviously changing the paths so that it suits my paths) and I get an error that a path does not exist. But it's there.

Any thoughts on this?

I have a reason why I didn't use the built in ldap for linux, but don't ask me what it is now...

Thanks.

[DarkRanger]

Okay, so I changed my request a bit:

env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/berkeleydb/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/berkeleydb/lib LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/berkeleydb/lib ./configure --with-ldap

This runs a few steps past db.h and gets up to this point:

checking for db.h... yes
checking for Berkeley DB major version in db.h... 5
checking for Berkeley DB minor version in db.h... 0
checking if Berkeley DB version supported by BDB/HDB backends... yes
checking for Berkeley DB link (default)... no

So I am progressing, albeit VERY slowly...

[ptkobe]

The first link is the page I wanted to link to but I was denied as stated. I was denied to post a link ofcourse (sub-15 posts).

Sorry, didn't saw that. My bad.

I never try to install from source, and I couldn't find any real help on the INSTALL and README files, the FAQ pages or the manual. But I also didn't find the --with-ldap flag, so...

As a shot to the air, running the configure that way is the same as using the export commands?

As I can't really help, I can just say you may try the openLDAP mailing-list. Please say what openldap release are you using (2.4.21) and what flavour of ubuntu 10.04 (desktop, x86?)

Best regards
Luis