At 05:04 PM 27-08-01 -0700, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am trying to install a Perl DBD on a client machine.
>I have the interbase database on a remote machine and I would like to connect to it using the Perl
>DBI.
>
>I tried to install the DBD, but the README said I need to install interbase first.
>Trying to install interbase on freebsd is giving me a hard time.

What distribution of IB are you trying to install? The only one I know of for FreeBSD is the FirebirdCS-0.9.4 one.
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/firebird/FirebirdCS-0.9.4.FreeBSD.tar.gz

>Is it possible to connect remotely to an interbase DB?

Yes, it is what it is designed for.

There are install notes coming up but, in the meantime, the following install notes on Dmitry Kuzmenko's site should be of assistance:

"I have installation instructions for FreeBSD 4.x from Ravshan Uraimov.

http://ib.demo.ru/V6/install_FirebirdCS-0.9-4.FreeBSD.txt

The first part is in english, other two in russian (different codepages).
I must note that LibCrypt with DES must be installed in FreeBSD.
p.s. we have done the same on our FreeBSD computer, and got a success."

-- Dmitry Kuzmenko, Epsylon Technologies.

hth,
Helen

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