Mandrake Linux 9: Why isn't bsddb working?

[Martin v. Löwis]

"Dfenestr8" <falseaddy at here.org> writes:

> > You probably don't have the necessary -devel RPM installed.
> That might have been true while I was using the rpm package.
> 
> But currently I'm using the source package Python-2.3.tgz.

That package does not include the BSDDB header files. Instead, you
need to install those header files from your system's CD-ROM. As Skip
explains, the package containing them most likely has the string
"-devel" in its name.

Regards,
Martin