Update DB version to 5.1

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/doc/build-osx.md b/doc/build-osx.md
index 32d7dbd69..59ee125f7 100644
--- a/doc/build-osx.md
+++ b/doc/build-osx.md
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Then install [Homebrew](https://brew.sh).
 Dependencies
 ----------------------
 
-    brew install automake berkeley-db4 libtool boost --c++11 miniupnpc openssl pkg-config protobuf qt libevent
+    brew install automake libtool boost --c++11 miniupnpc openssl pkg-config protobuf --c++11 qt5 libevent
+    brew install berkeley-db # You need to make sure you install a version >= 5.1.29, but as close to 5.1.29 as possible. Check the homebrew docs to find out how to install older versions.
 
 If you want to build the disk image with `make deploy` (.dmg / optional), you need RSVG
 
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md
index b7eae2a63..c8e885ea7 100644
--- a/doc/build-unix.md
+++ b/doc/build-unix.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Optional dependencies:
  Library     | Purpose          | Description
  ------------|------------------|----------------------
  miniupnpc   | UPnP Support     | Firewall-jumping support
- libdb4.8    | Berkeley DB      | Wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled)
+ libdb5.1    | Berkeley DB      | Wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled)
  qt          | GUI              | GUI toolkit (only needed when GUI enabled)
  protobuf    | Payments in GUI  | Data interchange format used for payment protocol (only needed when GUI enabled)
  libqrencode | QR codes in GUI  | Optional for generating QR codes (only needed when GUI enabled)
@@ -81,18 +81,15 @@ install necessary parts of boost:
 
 BerkeleyDB is required for the wallet.
 
-**For Ubuntu only:** db4.8 packages are available [here](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin).
-You can add the repository and install using the following commands:
+    sudo apt-get install libdb5.1-dev libdb5.1++-dev
 
-    sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
-    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev
+       Note that if you have Berkeley DB 4.8 packages installed (i.e. for other
+       wallet software), they are incompatible with the packages for 5.1. You
+       will have to manually download 5.1 from
+       http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-5.1.29.NC.tar.gz and compile
+       it, install it to /usr/local where the configure script should locate it
+       automatically.
 
-Ubuntu and Debian have their own libdb-dev and libdb++-dev packages, but these will install
-BerkeleyDB 5.1 or later, which break binary wallet compatibility with the distributed executables which
-are based on BerkeleyDB 4.8. If you do not care about wallet compatibility,
-pass `--with-incompatible-bdb` to configure.
 
 See the section "Disable-wallet mode" to build Bitcoin Core without wallet.
 
@@ -165,23 +162,23 @@ turned off by default.  See the configure options for upnp behavior desired:
 
 Berkeley DB
 -----------
-It is recommended to use Berkeley DB 4.8. If you have to build it yourself:
+It is recommended to use Berkeley DB 5.1. If you have to build it yourself:
 
 ```bash
 BITCOIN_ROOT=$(pwd)
 
 # Pick some path to install BDB to, here we create a directory within the bitcoin directory
-BDB_PREFIX="${BITCOIN_ROOT}/db4"
+BDB_PREFIX="${BITCOIN_ROOT}/db5"
 mkdir -p $BDB_PREFIX
 
 # Fetch the source and verify that it is not tampered with
-wget 'http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz'
-echo '12edc0df75bf9abd7f82f821795bcee50f42cb2e5f76a6a281b85732798364ef  db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz' | sha256sum -c
-# -> db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz: OK
-tar -xzvf db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz
+wget 'http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-5.1.29.NC.tar.gz'
+echo '08238e59736d1aacdd47cfb8e68684c695516c37f4fbe1b8267dde58dc3a576c db-5.1.29.NC.tar.gz' | sha256sum -c
+# -> db-5.1.29.NC.tar.gz: OK
+tar -xzvf db-5.1.29.NC.tar.gz
 
 # Build the library and install to our prefix
-cd db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix/
+cd db-5.1.29.NC/build_unix/
 #  Note: Do a static build so that it can be embedded into the executable, instead of having to find a .so at runtime
 ../dist/configure --enable-cxx --disable-shared --with-pic --prefix=$BDB_PREFIX
 make install