"Ross, Matt" wrote:

>
> I'm having difficulty installing Firebird SQL server. There doesn't seem to
> be any info reguarding it that I can find...
> This is on an upgraded SuSE 7.0 dist.
> FYI, I'm a linux newbie that was assigned to find a new DBMS with a lighter
> footprint than Oracle for our smaller web apps, which will be run under
> SuSE, as we finally got the go-ahead to switch from IIS and MS SQL Server.
>
> root@heinlein:/usr/local/httpd/sql > rpm -i FirebirdCS-0_9-4p1_i386.rpm
> package FirebirdCS-0.9-4p1 is already installed
> root@heinlein:/usr/local/httpd/sql > rpm -y FirebirdCS-0_9-4p1_i386.rpm
> package FirebirdCS-0_9-4p1_i386.rpm is not installed
> root@heinlein:/usr/local/httpd/sql > rpm -i FirebirdCS-0_9-4p1_i386.rpm
> package FirebirdCS-0.9-4p1 is already installed
>

I'm at a loss to see the problem. The Classic version (CS) installs and runs
without any real problems that I can recall. In fact it is such a no-brainer
that there has to be something really simple that you have overlooked.

FWIW, I installed exactly the same rpm on my SuSE 7.0 box about three weeks ago.
Never used it since then - until now, when I tested it. Connected and selected
without problem. There are no known problems with running Firebird on SuSE 7.0
(which is more than can be said for RedHat 7.0).

So, question is, Why don't you think it is installed correctly?

Have you tried executing this in a console window:

/opt/interbase/bin/isql /opt/interbase/examples/employee.gdb

If it doesn't work, what error message are you getting?


Paul
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