I would expect that to

• Not include the required -devel part (include files)
• Install in a location unsuited for Strawberry.

I'll try to play with an install from scratch

Not include the required -devel part (include files)

That would be a problem.

Install in a location unsuited for Strawberry

That would not be a problem - we can easily hack our way around that.

Cheers,
Rob

OK, I tried three routes:

1. Install from source 1.
   I downloaded the source and tried to build from a (cygwin) bash with the env set up to match Strawberry. That failed. It detected too much Cygwin.
2. Tried to build from a cmd window, set up for Straberry. That failed

3. Installed the DB_File MSI (still no need for registration). The (very) good news is that it installs the *complete* devel env (C:\Program Files\Oracle\BerkeleyDB 4.6.21\. Then I did cpan.bat DB_File. That failed as expected. I copied db.h from the installed include dir to C:\strawberry\c\include and got this:

   gcc -c -IC:\strawberry\c\include -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPE
   +RL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_M
   +SVCRT_READFIX -s -O2    -DVERSION=\"1.816\"   -DXS_VERSION=\"1.816\" 
   + "-IC:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE"  -D_NOT_CORE  -DmDB_Prefix_t=size_t 
   +-DmDB_Hash_t=u_int32_t version.c
   In file included from version.c:30:
   C:/strawberry/c/include/db.h:118: error: redefinition of typedef 'uint
   +ptr_t'
   C:/strawberry/perl/lib/CORE/win32.h:273: error: previous declaration o
   +f 'uintptr_t' was here
   C:/strawberry/c/include/db.h:127: error: redefinition of typedef 'pid_
   +t'
   C:/strawberry/c/include/sys/types.h:75: error: previous declaration of
   + 'pid_t' was here
   C:/strawberry/c/include/db.h:131: error: conflicting types for 'ssize_
   +t'
   C:/strawberry/c/include/sys/types.h:104: error: previous declaration o
   +f 'ssize_t' was here
   dmake.exe:  Error code 129, while making 'version.o'
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   Hmm, harder than I thought it would be :(

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn