doc: Remove ppa from linux build instructions #15518

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MarcoFalke commented at 4:25 pm on March 3, 2019: member

bdb (5.x) is provided by the vanilla Debian/Ubuntu package manager.

If someone needs bdb4.8, they can use ./depends or ./contrib/install_db4.sh.

I don’t think we need a forth way to install bdb. Those ppa instructions only leads to confusion for debian users: Closes #3757
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promag commented at 6:08 pm on March 3, 2019: member

ACK
practicalswift commented at 7:48 pm on March 3, 2019: contributor

ACK fa3148aacbea0e1a0ba8016b66b8d6b876c267b2
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laanwj commented at 12:09 pm on March 4, 2019: member

utACK, good riddance, I don’t think anyone was using these packages at all so it’s bad form to recommend them
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luke-jr commented at 8:34 am on April 17, 2019: member

@laanwj Eh, pretty sure that’s the normal way to get db4.8 on Ubuntu?
laanwj commented at 1:00 pm on April 17, 2019: member

Maybe. I don’t think depending on a ppa (which has to be externally maintained) for build is a good idea, given all the alternatives, especially the install_db4.sh script.
MarcoFalke commented at 1:04 pm on April 17, 2019: member

Indeed. Also, it doesn’t work for debian. The “normal way” to install packages is through the vanilla package manger.
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