At 09:25 PM 24/01/2005 +0000, you wrote:

>I have downloaded Firebird 1.5.2 Superserver and Classic versions for
>Linux in rpm format as well as tar.gz. I downloaded them directly from
>the Firebird website download page. However, whenever I try install
>from rpm or uncompress on my Linux machine using the standard tools, I
>am told that they are not valid file formats.
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>For example:
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>Linux:/home/me # gunzip FirebirdSS-1.5.2.4731-0.i686.tar.gz
>gunzip: FirebirdSS-1.5.2.4731-0.i686.tar.gz: not in gzip format
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>Linux:/home/me # rpm -i FirebirdCS-1.5.2.4731-0.i686.rpm
>FirebirdCS-1.5.2.4731-0.i686.rpm: not an rpm package (or package
>manifest):
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>I have read every document that could possibly cover this on the
>Firebird website. I have searched Google. I have found absolutely
>nothing that says there are any special instructions on unpacking the
>installation documents or using the RPM.

There isn't anything special about these kits. Provided your BIOS and Linux
version support them, they "just work" with the standard tools.

>Does anyone here know what is going on with these files?

No; but your Linux distro might be too old; or the machine architecture
might be incompatible with packages built for i686. What clues can you
offer here?

./hb

>Thank you.
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