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When I ./configure, I get this error:

configure: error: libdb is required

I signed up for an Oracle account (yak shaving), downloaded Berkeley DB, untarred and unzipped, wrestled with the unhelpful README, successfully configured, maked, and make installed. But the OpenCOBOL configure script still doesn't see the library.

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The configure script cannot find Berkeley DB; you have to tell it where libdb is.

$ ./configure CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.5.2/include/" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.5.2/lib/"
$ make
$ make install

Updated README

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