Before deploying memcachedb, make sure that following packages installed: Berkeley DB 4.5 or later: http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db/db/index.html libevent 1.3d or later: http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/ now memcachedb is using fixed length key, so change below in "memcachedb.h" to your requirement: #define END_LEN 32 -->> keylen + vallen + 3 #define END_LEN_STR "31" -->> max keylen then just type: make Have fun!!