Doug,

At 11:00 AM 18/10/2008, you wrote:

>A saga from an experienced Firebird user new to Linux:
>
>Ok, I went to www.firebirdsql.org to get a recent package to install on
>Ubuntu Desktop. Found FirebirdCS-2.1.1.17910-0.i686.tar.gz and
>downloaded it. Unpacked it into a directory and looked inside. Found
>install.sh but wasn't sure what to do with it. Decided to get some
>documentation. Went back to www.firebirdsql.org to the documentation
>page. Found Quick Start Guide. Looked at installation section which says
>to be sure to check the release notes for important details. No other
>details on installation procedures are in the Quick Start Guide that I
>could find.
>
> From Quick Start Guide:
>"In all cases, read the Release Notes that came with your Firebird
>package (chapter Installation Notes, section
>Posix Platforms). There may be significant variations from release to
>release of any Posix operating system,
>especially the open source ones."
>
>I looked in the 2.1 Release Notes pdf and there is no Installation Notes
>section that I could find!
>
>"For Linux distributions that cannot process rpm programs, and for Unix
>flavours for which no .rpm kit is
>provided, use the .tar.gz kit. You will find detailed instructions in
>the Release Notes."
>
>Cannot find these!
>
>Where have I gone wrong?
>
>What I actually want to know is step by step how to install and
>configure on a Ubuntu Server using only the command line.

You have already been pointed to Marius' Ubuntu how-to...but you
could have found the Installation and Migration Guide (and the Bugs
document) in both the Doc Index AND in the /doc directory after you
untar-ed the kit...If the 2.0 or 2.1 Quick Start is still saying to
look in the Installation chapter of the release notes then it's an
overlooked error...you could post a Tracker entry about that.

./heLen