configure: error: libdb_cxx headers missing, Bitcoin Core requires this library for wallet functionality... #7970

redfly001 commented at 7:09 AM on April 29, 2016: none

I download the Bitcoin code and compile at windows. win7 64bit, using the msys and mingW compile the Bitcoin code. c:/MinGW32 c:/Mingw The msys is in Mingw. Bitcoin code is at h:/vm/bitcoin.sys. Before this, I compiled db-4.8.30.NC(at h:/vm/libs) already, in msys comand line window:

cd db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix ../dist/configure --enable-mingw --enable-cxx --disable-shared --disable-replication make then I find the db_cxx.h from build_unix folder.

Compile Bitcoin in the msys command line window：

cd h: cd vm/bitcoin.sys ./autogen.sh CPPFLAGS="-I/c/deps/boost_1_55_0 \ -I/h/vm/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix \ ... (autogen other's parameters) ./configure ...(confiture parameters)

about 20minutes later, the error appeared: configure: error: libdb_cxx headers missing, Bitcoin Core requires this library for wallet functionality(--disable-wallet to disable wallet functionality)

I try these ways: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/2998 and https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=588032 The error still over there. Note: in msys, there is no apt-get command, so I cannot do "apt-get install libdb++-dev".

I found the followings in the config.log file:

PATH: . PATH: /usr/local/bin PATH: /mingw/bin PATH: /bin PATH: /c/MinGW32/bin ...

So, I copy the db_cxx.h and related .h file to: c:/mingw/msys/1.0/include/ c:/mingw/msys/1.0/local/include/ c:/mingw/msys/1.0/db48/ c:/mingw/bin/db48/ c:/mingw32/bin/db48/ h:/vm/bitcoin.sys/src/

There is no effect. I change bdbdirlist in configure file to bdbdirlist="/h/vm/libs/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix" and change the include in confdefs.cpp to: #include "/h/vm/libs/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix/db_cxx.h"

All the work is no effect. How do I?

jonasschnelli added the label Windows on Apr 29, 2016

jonasschnelli commented at 11:30 AM on April 29, 2016: contributor

Did you pass in the correct include path. You ./configure command could be wrong. I think it should be -I/h/vm/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix/include/ (append the include/).

Also, maybe you manage it to install a newer version over a mingw package manager (mingw-get or something), though I'm not familiar with mingw package managers. You can always pass --with-incompatible-bdb in ./configure to allow compilation against newer versions of berkley db (which results in wallet files that are incompatible with bitcoin version compiled with bdb 4.8).

redfly001 commented at 5:16 AM on May 2, 2016: none

Thanks jonasschnelli ! I sure the db_cxx.h file is in the build_unix folder(ps, there is no sub-dir in the build_unix folder).

--with-incompatible-bdb option is no useful for this error.

Another question, sometimes configure shows missing library -lssp or -lcomctl32 or -lwinmm , but not everytime shows the error.

I think a good idea is understand the configure core grammer or the most important functiones to debug the configure file, but I cannot understand them.

joshafest commented at 1:35 AM on June 10, 2016: none

You need to build leveldb in local directory

fanquake closed this on Oct 10, 2016

chenluyong commented at 8:20 AM on August 4, 2017: none

Why close the Issue

sakurashiki commented at 9:44 AM on December 10, 2017: none

How to resolve this problem???

lukassaul commented at 6:36 AM on January 11, 2018: none

for me it was helpful to install libboost-all-dev :)

averissimo commented at 8:46 PM on March 2, 2018: none

this did it for me: export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.8/include/

edit: BerkleyDB.4.8 must be installed in that directory

scottie commented at 7:51 PM on March 10, 2018: none

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev

;)

bboot commented at 5:50 PM on July 24, 2018: none

Beware, add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin has this message: Note that you should prefer to use the official binaries, where possible, to limit trust in Launchpad/the PPA owner.

ccd888 commented at 11:02 AM on January 5, 2019: none

Scottie's worked for me. Thx!

jasonzhouu commented at 2:07 AM on May 4, 2019: none

@scottie 's method don't work for me. OS: Debian 9.9

> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmpygiedx54/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: failed to start the dirmngr '/usr/bin/dirmngr': No such file or directory
gpg: connecting dirmngr at '/tmp/tmpygiedx54/S.dirmngr' failed: No such file or directory
gpg: keyserver receive failed: No dirmngr

if build Bitcoin Core without wallet, it will not emit this error

./configure --disable-wallet

ref: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-unix.md#ubuntu--debian

agbhanu commented at 10:24 AM on May 6, 2020: none

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev

;)

Thanks, worked for me Scottie.

r3lik commented at 10:17 PM on October 8, 2020: none

@scottie 's method don't work for me. OS: Debian 9.9
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmpygiedx54/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: failed to start the dirmngr '/usr/bin/dirmngr': No such file or directory
gpg: connecting dirmngr at '/tmp/tmpygiedx54/S.dirmngr' failed: No such file or directory
gpg: keyserver receive failed: No dirmngr
if build Bitcoin Core without wallet, it will not emit this error
./configure --disable-wallet
ref: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-unix.md#ubuntu--debian

apt-get install dirmngr to fix the gpg issue

rustyx commented at 11:42 AM on December 12, 2020: none

Just follow the build docs:

The Bitcoin Core source contains a script contrib/install_db4.sh that downloads and compiles bdb4.8 locally.

cd bitcoin
./contrib/install_db4.sh `pwd`

Then configure bitcoin core with

./configure BDB_LIBS="-L`pwd`/db4/lib -ldb_cxx-4.8" BDB_CFLAGS="-I`pwd`/db4/include"  ...

Hephaestus14089 commented at 5:19 AM on May 22, 2021: none

sudo apt update && sudo apt install libdb5.3++ libdb5.3++-dev

visualbasic6 commented at 11:39 PM on November 9, 2021: none

The solution, at least for Ubuntu 21.10, at the time of writing is:

wget http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.zip
unzip db-4.8.30.zip
cd db-4.8.30
cd build_unix/
../dist/configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-cxx

then running sed -i 's/__atomic_compare_exchange/__atomic_compare_exchange_db/g' db-4.8.30.NC/dbinc/atomic.h

aelagrassa commented at 4:58 PM on November 27, 2021: none

The solution, at least for Ubuntu 21.10, at the time of writing is:
wget http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.zip
unzip db-4.8.30.zip
cd db-4.8.30
cd build_unix/
../dist/configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-cxx
then running sed -i 's/__atomic_compare_exchange/__atomic_compare_exchange_db/g' db-4.8.30.NC/dbinc/atomic.h

Thanks, this worked for me, also had to run make and make install.

mahyariiii commented at 10:41 PM on January 11, 2022: none

i have add coin in yiimp
command line daemonbuilder At the time of installation

configure: error: libdb_cxx headers missing, Bitcoin ABC requires this library for wallet functionality (--disable-wallet to disable wallet functionality)

How can I fix this problem, please help me

amritabithi commented at 7:13 PM on January 12, 2022: none

Run this script to install Berkeley DB: ./contrib/install_db4.sh `pwd`

Do not run the commands below, they are examples of what you will enter. When you run the above script, at the very end it will output 2 more lines for you to run, that will look like this: export BDB_PREFIX='/home/youruser/Bitcoin/db4' ./configure BDB_LIBS="-L${BDB_PREFIX}/lib -ldb_cxx-4.8" BDB_CFLAGS="-I${BDB_PREFIX}/include" ...

REMOVE THE THREE DOTS from the end of the second command, and run both commands in your terminal as your custom ./configure step.

Now you should be able to build with the wallet features.

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