GDBM-1.8.3

The GDBM package contains the GNU Database Manager. This is a disk file format database which stores key/data-pairs in single files. The actual data of any record being stored is indexed by a unique key, which can be retrieved in less time than if it was stored in a text file.

Install GDBM by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install

In addition, you may need to install the DBM and NDBM compatibility headers since some applications look for these older dbm routines.

make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install-compat

make BINOWN=root BINGRP=root install: This command overrides the BINOWN and BINGRP variables in the Makefile changing ownership of the installed files to root instead of the bin user.

The GDBM package contains libgdbm libraries.