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I am trying to make a website that supports bitcoin, but I cant install bitcoin core because berkeleydb is under 4.8. I tried installing it via apt-get squeeze repository but that didn't work. I also downloaded the tar.gz file and installed that but that also didn't work. Does anyone know how I can install berkeleydb or what linux distro has full support of berkeleydb?
I strongly suggest that you not use an incompatible bdb. The time it costs you later is not worth the time you save. – Nick ODell – 2016-02-17T20:33:00.520
@NickODell, isn't incompatible bdb just for compatibility with older wallets? Why would you need compatibility with older wallets if you're starting a new wallet from scratch? – morsecoder – 2016-02-18T18:43:43.037
@StephenM347 I was under the impression that later versions like 5.1 weren't compatible with bdb 4.8, meaning that the wallet you created using bdb 5.1 instructions wouldn't be compatible with a bitcoin core client built using bdb 4.8. That's probably worth a question of its own, though. http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/42965/do-berkley-db-versions-need-to-be-the-same
– Nick ODell – 2016-02-18T18:59:11.1773@Nick Yes, a wallet.dat touched by bdb 5.1 won't be readable by a bdb 4.8 version. However, it's trivial to convert it back if needed (db5.1_dump wallet51.dat | db4.8_load wallet48.dat) – Pieter Wuille – 2016-03-19T20:58:16.240