Installing pyBSDDB (bsddb3) 5.3.0 on Windows

gistfile1.bat

@echo off
setlocal

rem Update the local copy of the DB libs and stuff.
rem This copies the necessary libs and headers and exe
rem files into the python module tree.

rem Set DBDIR to the base directory of the DB source.
rem e.g. it should have the folder "build_windows" in it.

set DBDIR=c:\Users\yourname\Downloads\db-5.3.21\db-5.3.21
rem set DBDIR=f:\db-4.0.14

mkdir db
mkdir db\include
mkdir db\lib
mkdir db\bin

copy /v %DBDIR%\build_windows\db.h                 db\include
copy /v %DBDIR%\build_windows\Win32\Debug\*.lib          db\lib
copy /v "%DBDIR%\build_windows\Win32\Static Debug\*.lib"   db\lib
copy /v %DBDIR%\build_windows\Win32\Release\*.lib        db\lib
copy /v "%DBDIR%\build_windows\Win32\Static Release\*.lib" db\lib
copy /v %DBDIR%\build_windows\Win32\Release\*.dll        db\bin
copy /v %DBDIR%\build_windows\Win32\Release\*.exe        db\bin

endlocal

instructions

1. Download Oracle Berkeley DB source: http://download.oracle.com/otn/berkeley-db/db-5.3.21.zip
2. Follow directions for building for Windows with Visual Studio (e.g. 2012), with a few modifications.
  a. You can use VS 2012, just update the solution when prompted. The solution to use is Berkeley_DB_vs2010.sln in the 'build_windows' directory.
  b. Select "Release" from the pull-down menu, and then Build Solution. Let it build.
  c. Select "Release Static" from the pull-down menu.
    i. You need to change the runtime library configuration to use /MD (Multi-Threaded DLL) instead of /MT. Right click on the "db" project, open Properties Dialog. Under C/C++ -> Code Generation change Runtime Library to /MD.
    ii. You can repeat this on db_small, db_sql, db_stl... but I haven't tested if this is necessary. I did it just to be safe.
  d. Build the solution with the modified "Release Static" configuration.
3. Modify the attached updatedb.bat file to point to the location of your Berkeley DB files. Run this batch file in the pybsddb source directory (which has the setup.py file). This will copy the necessary Berkeley DB files into the pyBSDDB tree.
4. Patch the setup2.py file with the attached file setup2.py.diff. "patch < setup2.py.diff"
5. If you are using Visual Studio 2012, you need to tell python to use its compiler. Run the attached file useVS2012.bat to do this.
6. Now you should be all set to build and install bsddb3. Run "python setup.py install" and let the magic happen.

setup2.py.diff

--- setup2.py  Mon May  6 13:54:00 2013
+++ ../../bsddb3-5.3.0-orig/bsddb3-5.3.0/setup2.py	Mon May  6 15:06:19 2013
@@ -314,8 +314,6 @@
     # uses "Multithreaded DLL" and "Debug Multithreaded DLL"  (/MD and /MDd)
     # settings as appropriate to build .lib file (the db_static project).
 
-    db_ver_list = ((5, 3), (5, 2), (5, 1), (5, 0),
-                   (4, 8), (4, 7), (4, 6), (4, 5), (4, 4), (4, 3))
     incdir = 'db/include'
     libdir = 'db/lib'
 
@@ -330,15 +328,14 @@
             continue
         fullverstr = match.group(1)
         ver = fullverstr[0] + fullverstr[2]   # 31 == 3.1, 32 == 3.2, etc.
-    assert (int(fullverstr[0]), int(fullverstr[2])) in db_ver_list, (
+    assert (fullverstr[0], fullverstr[2]) in db_ver_list, (
         "pybsddb untested with this Berkeley DB version", ver)
     print 'Detected Berkeley DB version', ver, 'from db.h'
 
-    dep_libs = ['ws2_32', 'Advapi32'] # WIN32 dependencies
     if debug:
-        libname = ['libdb%ssd' % ver] + dep_libs     # Debug, static
+        libname = ['libdb%ssd' % ver]     # Debug, static
     else:
-        libname = ['libdb%ss' % ver] + dep_libs     # Release, static
+        libname = ['libdb%ss' % ver]      # Release, static
     utils = [("bsddb3/utils",
               ["db/bin/db_archive.exe",
                "db/bin/db_checkpoint.exe",
@@ -398,7 +395,7 @@
                                include_dirs = [ incdir ],
                                define_macros = [('PYBSDDB_STANDALONE', 1)],
                                library_dirs = [ libdir ],
-                               # runtime_library_dirs = [ libdir ],
+                               runtime_library_dirs = [ libdir ],
                                libraries = libname,
                                extra_link_args = lflags_arg,
                                )],

useVS2012.bat

SET VS90COMNTOOLS=%VS110COMNTOOLS%