please take a look at this.
:: download berkeley db
[ linux:download ] # wget http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.24.tar.gz
[ linux:download ] # tar -xzf db-4.8.24.tar.gz
:: build/compiling berkeley db
[ linux:download ] # cd db-4.8.24/build_unix/
[ linux:~/db-4.8.24/build_unix ] # ../dist/configure
[ linux:~/db-4.8.24/build_unix ] # make && make install
[ linux:~/db-4.8.24/build_unix ] # echo '/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.8/lib/' >> /etc/ld.so.conf
[ linux:~/db-4.8.24/build_unix ] # ldconfig
:: links
+ googlelinux
