Re: [cobalt-developers] Firebird on qube3

["William L. Thomson Jr." <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 08:28, Catalin MORAR wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Is there anyone who can tell me how to install firebird on my qube3?
> Thanks

Installing Firebird is fairly easy and straight forward. However
removing an existing Sun/Cobalt install is not.

Here is a snippet from an email I sent to another Cobald developer
asking what you are.

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Here are some quick instructions.

First off edit 
/etc/inetd.conf and comment out the following line

#gds_db  stream  tcp     nowait.30000      root
/usr/local/sbin/gds_inet_server gds_inet_server # InterBase Database
Remote Server

Then go into the /opt/interbase directory
You will need to find and delete each file in the lib and include
directory that are not in the /opt/interbase/lib or
/opt/interbase/include directories. Do a locate or find for each file in
those directories. There will be copies in /usr/lib and /usr/include

Once all files outside of the installation dir are gone, you can
tar/backup the /opt/interbase directory, and then delete it.

That will complete the removal of CS.

Now just download Firebird 1.0 and run the installer. It will provide
you with a startup script for the SS, and install everything for you.
Painlessly.

After the installer finishes you may want to create sym links for each
file in  /opt/interbase/lib and /opt/interbase/include to /usr/lib/ and
/usr/include. 

Then if you upgrade or change versions you will not have to go and
delete the files again. They are just global sym links to your actual
installation.

That should do it.
> This should be a topic the sun cobalt developers will be interested. 
I just don't know why there are no info on this topic in the forum
except yours.

Yes, but most use MySQL or PostgreSQL. They are scared of IB, and
usually know nothing about it. It's great and I love it. I used IB 6.0
SS for over and year. I have now been running Firebird 1.0 SS for
several months now and could not be happier.

Links for you
http://www.ibphoenix.com/
http://firebird.sourceforge.net/

Make sure to download these docs.
http://www.ibphoenix.com/downloads/60All.zip

There is more knowledge in them than any where else. Look there before
asking questions. For the most part. Also the mailing/users lists/groups
are good as well. Like the Cobalt ones.

Good luck, hope that helps.

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FYI Firebird 1.0.2 has had problems on Linux with third party tools
accessing the database that all user names and passwords are stored in.

So you may want to use Firebird 1.0 instead, or 1.0.1 to begin with and
upgrade to the latest version once these quirks have been resolved.


-- 
Sincerely,
William L. Thomson Jr.
Support Group
Obsidian-Studios Inc.
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Petaluma, Ca. 94952
Phone  707.766.9509
Fax    707.766.8989
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