Done.

2) Unpack somewhere


Done.

3) Set FIREBIRD env var to this somewhere


Done - /users/ugrad/linehanp/Downloads/database/fb/bin/FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64

4) Run fbserver.


This is where it gets fun (not!).

Tried this ./opt/firebird/bin/fbserver - got messages about libraries.

Modified LD_LIBRARY_PATH

/users/ugrad/linehanp/Downloads/database/fb/bin/FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64/opt/firebird/lib

rerun ./opt/..../fbserver

and get - voilà
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linehanp@lg12l6:~/Downloads/database/fb/bin/FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64$ ./opt/firebird/bin/fbserver
fbserver: Invalid user (must be firebird, interbase, interbas or root).
==============================

Great! I tried to run gsec to create/change something here - but can't find .msg and then
some stuff like this

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linehanp@lg12l6:~/Downloads/database/fb/bin/FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64$ ./opt/firebird/bin/gsec --help
can't format message 18:40 -- message file /users/ugrad/linehanp/Downloads/database/fb/bin/FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64/firebird.msg not found
can't format message 18:16 -- message file /users/ugrad/linehanp/Downloads/database/fb/bin/FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64/firebird.msg not found
can't format message 18:101 -- message file /users/ugrad/linehanp/Downloads/database/fb/bin/FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64/firebird.msg not found
Unable to complete network request to host "taughtstore".
Failed to establish a connection.
can't format message 18:15 -- message file /users/ugrad/linehanp/Downloads/database/fb/bin/FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64/firebird.msg not found
==========================================


Am I doing something wrong? Or will Firebird not work on Linux - except as root?

Rgs,


Paul...


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