而我要用在的ARM9上（ARM7也一样，都是flat的文件格式，库文件也是），我所用的交叉编译工具是arm-linux-gcc, 版本3.3.2.我首先在db-4.5.20下新建了一个build_arm_linux目录，然后编译，命令如下：
mkdir build_arm_linux
cd build_arm_linux
../dist/configure CC=arm-linux-gcc --host=arm
make
哈，是不是很简单。且慢，ARM上没法直接install的。以后怎么使用呢？你看看build_arm_linux下面是不是有db.h和libdb-4.5.a（静态库），这就是我们所要的文件，你可以把db.h拷贝到目标系统中的/usr/include下面，或者自己添加环境变量，同理，libdb-4.5.a也可以放到/usr/lib下面，这样你就可以想系统库一样调用它。
因为我只用一个工程要使用它，所以我是直接跟我的工程一起编译的，假使跟工程文件放在一起。使用的时候只要
#include "db.h"即可，编译的时候注意加编译选项-L. -ldb-4.5就可以将库静态编译进去。
下载页面：
http://dev.sleepycat.com/downloads/releasehistorybdb.html
我使用的是当前最新版的4.5.20（点击下载）。
linux:/home/work/db # ll
总用量 9078
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 2006-10-08 12:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 1120 2006-10-08 12:33 ..
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root users 9281894 2006-10-08 12:36 db-4.5.20.tar.gz
（一）解压
linux:/home/work/db # tar -zxf db-4.5.20.tar.gz
linux:/home/work/db # cd db-4.5.20/
linux:/home/work/db/db-4.5.20 # ls
. db_checkpoint db_upgrade libdb_java README
.. db_deadlock db_verify LICENSE rep
btree db_dump dist lock repmgr
build_unix db_dump185 docs log rpc_client
build_vxworks db_hotbackup env mod_db4 rpc_server
build_windows dbinc examples_c mp sequence
clib dbinc_auto examples_cxx mutex tcl
common db_load examples_java os test
crypto dbm fileops os_vxworks txn
cxx db_printlog hash os_windows xa
db db_recover hmac perl
db185 dbreg hsearch php_db4
db_archive db_stat java qam
docs目录下有我们需要的文档，包括快速入门、各种语言的API手册等资料。
（二）配置和编译建立一个脚本以方便配置。由于unix/linux编译时的工作路径必须是build_unix，因此我们需要在build_unix目录下创建脚本。
我创建了一个名为myconfig的脚本，内容如下：
linux:/home/work/db/db-4.5.20/build_unix # cat -n myconfig
1 #!/bin/sh
2
3 CC=arm-elf-gcc \
4 CFLAGS="-Os -D__uClinux__ -fno-builtin -I/home/uClinux-dist/linux-2.4.x/include -I/home/uClinux-dist/lib/uClibc/include -I/home/uClinux-dist/lib/uClibc/include/../ " \
5 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-elf2flt -Wl,-move-rodata -L/home/uClinux-dist/lib/uClibc/lib -L/home/uClinux-dist/lib/uClibc/lib/../ -lc " \
6 ../dist/configure \
7 --prefix=/home/work/db/Berkeley.DB \
8 --build=i686-linux \
9 --host=arm-elf-linux \
10 --disable-cryptography \
11 --disable-hash \
12 --disable-queue \
13 --disable-replication \
14 --disable-statistics \
15 --disable-verify \
16 --disable-compat185 \
17 --disable-cxx \
18 --disable-debug \
19 --disable-debug_rop \
20 --disable-debug_wop \
21 --disable-diagnostic \
22 --disable-dump185 \
23 --disable-java \
24 --disable-mingw \
25 --disable-o_direct \
26 --disable-posixmutexes \
27 --disable-pthread_api \
28 --disable-rpc \
29 --disable-smallbuild \
30 --disable-tcl \
31 --disable-test \
32 --disable-uimutexes \
33 --enable-umrw \
34 --disable-shared \
35 --enable-static \
36 --enable-fast-install \
37 --disable-libtool-lock \
38 --disable-largefile
关于configure配置参数的含义，可以运行"../dist/configure --help"查看帮助，这里不再介绍。
要强调的一点是uClibc只能用静态编译，因此一定要选择--disable-shared。
接着执行./myconfig运行配置并编译安装函数库：
linux:/home/work/db/db-4.5.20/build_unix # ./myconfig >/dev/null
configure: WARNING: In the future, Autoconf will not detect cross-tools
whose name does not start with the host triplet. If you think this
configuration is useful to you, please write to autoconf@gnu.org.
cat: /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf: No such file or directory
linux:/home/work/db/db-4.5.20/build_unix # make >/dev/null && make install >/dev/null
../dist/../hmac/sha1.c:96: warning: `R0' redefined
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/arm-elf/2.95.3/../../../../arm-elf/include/sys/ucontext.h:40: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
../dist/../hmac/sha1.c:97: warning: `R1' redefined
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/arm-elf/2.95.3/../../../../arm-elf/include/sys/ucontext.h:42: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
../dist/../hmac/sha1.c:98: warning: `R2' redefined
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/arm-elf/2.95.3/../../../../arm-elf/include/sys/ucontext.h:44: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
../dist/../hmac/sha1.c:99: warning: `R3' redefined
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/arm-elf/2.95.3/../../../../arm-elf/include/sys/ucontext.h:46: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
../dist/../hmac/sha1.c:100: warning: `R4' redefined
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/arm-elf/2.95.3/../../../../arm-elf/include/sys/ucontext.h:48: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
warning: .rodata section contains relocations
warning: .rodata section contains relocations
warning: .rodata section contains relocations
warning: .rodata section contains relocations
warning: .rodata section contains relocations
warning: .rodata section contains relocations
warning: .rodata section contains relocations
warning: .rodata section contains relocations
warning: .rodata section contains relocations
warning: .rodata section contains relocations
warning: .rodata section contains relocations
strip: /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/bin/db_archive: 不可识别的文件格式
strip: /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/bin/db_checkpoint: 不可识别的文件格式
strip: /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/bin/db_deadlock: 不可识别的文件格式
strip: /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/bin/db_dump: 不可识别的文件格式
strip: /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/bin/db_hotbackup: 不可识别的文件格式
strip: /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/bin/db_load: 不可识别的文件格式
strip: /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/bin/db_printlog: 不可识别的文件格式
strip: /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/bin/db_recover: 不可识别的文件格式
strip: /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/bin/db_stat: 不可识别的文件格式
strip: /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/bin/db_upgrade: 不可识别的文件格式
strip: /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/bin/db_verify: 不可识别的文件格式
编译过程中会出现一些warning，不用理它们。
安装完后，会在指定的安装目录/home/work/db/Berkeley.DB下生成函数库：
linux:/home/work/db/db-4.5.20/build_unix # cd /home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/
linux:/home/work/db/Berkeley.DB # ls
. .. bin docs include lib
linux:/home/work/db/Berkeley.DB # ll lib/
总用量 1962
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 104 2006-10-08 12:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 144 2006-10-08 12:57 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1002266 2006-10-08 12:57 libdb-4.5.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1002266 2006-10-08 12:57 libdb.a
（三）数据库操作测试创建一个测试程序如下：
linux:/home/work/db/Berkeley.DB # cat -n testdb.c
1 #include
2 #include
3 #include
4
5 #define DESCRIPTION_SIZE 20
6 int main()
7 {
8 DB *dbp; /* DB structure handle */
9 u_int32_t flags; /* database open flags */
10 int ret; /* function return value */
11 char *description = "Grocery bill.";
12 char *description1[DESCRIPTION_SIZE + 1];
13 DBT key, data;
14 float money;
15
16 /* Initialize the structure. This
17 * database is not opened in an environment,
18 * so the environment pointer is NULL. */
19 ret = db_create(&dbp, NULL, 0);
20 if (ret != 0) {
21 /* Error handling goes here */
22 printf("Create fail!\n");
23 }
24
25 /* Database open flags */
26 flags = DB_CREATE; /* If the database does not exist,
27 * create it.*/
28
29 /* open the database */
30 ret = dbp->open(dbp, /* DB structure pointer */
31 NULL, /* Transaction pointer */
32 "/home/my_db.db", /* On-disk file that holds the database. */
33 NULL, /* Optional logical database name */
34 DB_BTREE, /* Database access method */
35 flags, /* Open flags */
36 0); /* File mode (using defaults) */
37 if (ret != 0) {
38 /* Error handling goes here */
39 printf("Created new database.\n");
40 }
41
42 money = 122.45;
43
44 /* Zero out the DBTs before using them. */
45 memset(&key, 0, sizeof(DBT));
46 memset(&data, 0, sizeof(DBT));
47
48 key.data = &money;
49 key.size = sizeof(float);
50
51 data.data = description;
52 data.size = strlen(description) +1;
53
54 ret = dbp->put(dbp, NULL, &key, &data, DB_NOOVERWRITE);
55 if (ret == DB_KEYEXIST) {
56 dbp->err(dbp, ret,
57 "Put failed because key %f already exists", money);
58 }
59
60 memset(&data, 0, sizeof(DBT));
61
62 data.data = &description1;
63 data.ulen = DESCRIPTION_SIZE + 1;
64 data.flags = DB_DBT_USERMEM;
65 dbp->get(dbp, NULL, &key, &data, 0);
66
67 printf("data: %s\n", (char *)data.data);
68
69 /* When we're done with the database, close it. */
70 if (dbp != NULL)
71 dbp->close(dbp, 0);
72
73 return 0;
74 }
这个程序会在目标板上/home/目录下创建一个文件名为my_db.db的数据库，接着增加一条记录，然后从数据库中读取出新添加的这条记录，最后关闭数据库。
程序要烧写到目标板上，需要进行交叉编译：
linux:/home/work/db/Berkeley.DB # arm-elf-gcc -O3 -Wall -mapcs-32 -mtune=arm7tdmi -fno-builtin -msoft-float -Os -D__uClinux__ -D__ARM_CPU__ -I/home/work/uClinux-dist/lib/uClibc/include -I/home/uClinux-dist/linux-2.4.x/include -I/home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/include -D_DEBUG_ -c testdb.c -o testdb.o
linux:/home/work/db/Berkeley.DB # arm-elf-gcc testdb.o -nostartfiles -Wl, -elf2flt -L/home/uClinux-dist/lib/uClibc/lib -L/home/work/db/Berkeley.DB/lib /home/uClinux-dist/lib/uClibc/lib/crt0.o /home/uClinux-dist/lib/uClibc/lib/crti.o /home/uClinux-dist/lib/uClibc/lib/crtn.o -lc -ldb -o testdb
linux:/home/work/db/Berkeley.DB # ll
总用量 1217
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 280 2006-10-08 13:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 144 2006-10-08 12:50 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 376 2006-10-08 12:57 bin
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 384 2006-10-08 12:57 docs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 2006-10-08 12:57 include
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 104 2006-10-08 12:57 lib
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 584476 2006-10-08 13:22 testdb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2171 2006-10-08 13:22 testdb.c
-rw------- 1 root root 2163 2006-10-08 13:09 testdb.c~
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 673683 2006-10-08 13:22 testdb.gdb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1540 2006-10-08 13:22 testdb.o
生成的可执行文件比较大，将近600KB。
烧写到目标机上后运行，结果如下：
# /home/testdb
data: Grocery bill.
搞定～
总的来说，Berkeley DB还是比较易用的。就是生成的可执行文件还是太大些 :-(