title: How to install leveldb on mac os x
body: <p>I am trying to use level db in my python project. I zeroed in on python binding PlyVel <a href="http://plyvel.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html" rel="nofollow">http://plyvel.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html</a>, which seems to be better maintained and documented python binding.</p>
  
  <p>However installation fails for plyvel </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>plyvel/_plyvel.cpp:359:10: fatal error: 'leveldb/db.h' file not found</p>
    
    <p>#include "leveldb/db.h"</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>So i believe i have to install leveldb to my machine. I did not find installation guide for leveldb for macosx. I have downloaded the tarball for leveldb, <a href="https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/downloads/list" rel="nofollow">https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/downloads/list</a>. Make file compiles the code, but the plylevel still fails. How should i compile the level db such that its binaries are made available to plyvel. </p>