[odb-users] Installing ODB Compiler

[Boris Kolpackov]

Hi Nathan,

Nathan White <newhite at rslfibersystems.com> writes:

> I'm using Ubuntu 12.04LTS 32-Bit System.

In this case you should be able to install directly from the package:

sudo dpkg -i odb_2.2.0-1_i386.deb

Have you tried this? If it didn't work, what was the error?

The advantage of using the package instead of the archive is that
the ODB compiler will be installed in the default location and you
will be able to invoke it just as odb, for example:

odb -d sqlite person.hxx


> I ran /opt/odb-2.2.0-i686-linux-gnu/bin/odb -d sqlite person.hxx, but
> person.hxx was in read mode. Where does person.hxx need to be? Can it
> already be included in a C++ project?

person.hxx is a C++ header from the hello example that used in the sample
command lines. Normally, you would have your own header with your own
persistent classes. If you want to use person.hxx (e.g., to test the
ODB compiler), then you can find it in the hello/ subdirectory in the
odb-examples package.

> newhite at newhite-GX-630:/opt$ sudo /opt/odb-2.2.0-i686-linux-gnu/bin/odb ...

You don't need to use sudo when invoking the ODB compiler.

Boris