ayanbiz has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am trying to install the DB_File in windows xp.I installed Berkeley DB.Then I also modified the config.in file,when I run perl MakeFile.pl i get this.... 
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
Parsing config.in...
Looks Good.
Writing Makefile for DB_File
Writing MYMETA.yml

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but when I use dmake some error occurs. 
Skip blib\lib\DB_File.pm (unchanged)
C:/Perl/site/bin/gcc.exe -c  -IC:\Berkeley1\include     -DNDEBUG -DWIN
+32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE
+ -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -D_USE_32BI
+T_TIME_T -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields -O2      
+     -DVERSION=\"1.824\"   -DXS_VERSION=\"1.824\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\COR
+E"  -D_NOT_CORE  -DmDB_Prefix_t=size_t -DmDB_Hash_t=u_int32_t version
+.c
In file included from version.c:30:
C:/Berkeley1/include/db.h:143: error: conflicting types for 'ssize_t'
C:/Perl/site/lib/auto/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/../../../../i
+nclude/sys/types.h:104: error: previous declaration of 'ssize_t' was 
+here
dmake.exe:  Error code 129, while making 'version.o'

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what shall I do?

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Re: Problems with the installation of DB_File in WindowsXP
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 18, 2011 at 11:55 UTC

    Fix it?

    Use a newer version?

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      How do I fix it?Why is it saying "previous declaration of'size_t' was found"?
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        How do I fix it?Why is it saying "previous declaration of'size_t' was found"?

        :) Its perl monks, and you don't even say what version of libdb you're using

        I do fine with anything 4 and up

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