I have no idea what's up with the link, but I think you'll be more successful in all regards by compiling from source (you'll have the options to build with debug symbols, optimization, etc). Generally you can follow the directions for BOOST which are just below the BerkelyDB instructions in the .MD file.
In the for what its worth department, if you are familiar with POSIX environments, you can save yourself a lot of headaches by first exploring on Linux or Mac(BSD) and then worry about the emulated environments like windows.
- John "S"