Berkeley DB

Loading Berkeley DB with Tcl

This document assumes that you already configured Berkeley DB for Tcl support, and you built and installed everything where you want it to be. If you have not done so, see “Configuring Berkeley DB” or “Building for Win32” for more information.

Installing as a Tcl Package

Once enabled, the Berkeley DB shared library for Tcl is automatically installed as part of the standard installation process. However, if you wish to be able to dynamically load it as a Tcl package into your script, there are several steps that must be performed:

1.	Run the Tcl shell in the install directory.
2.	Append this directory to your auto_path variable.
3.	Run the pkg_mkIndex proc, giving the name of the Berkeley DB Tcl library.

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