Subject | Re: [firebird-support] How to install on Ubuntu? |
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Author | Doug Chamberlin |
Post date | 2008-10-20T02:16:05Z |
Helen Borrie wrote:
Concerning the original archive: There was no /doc directory in the
archive. All I got was a directory named scripts, a buildroot.tar.gz, an
install.sh, and a manifest.txt.
Since I wasn't interested in building anything myself, I didn't look in
the buildroot.tar.gz and I wasn't quite sure how to run install.sh.
A readme.txt at this level would be VERY helpful!
> You have already been pointed to Marius' Ubuntu how-to...but youI have followed Marius' how-to and it is very good.
> 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.
Concerning the original archive: There was no /doc directory in the
archive. All I got was a directory named scripts, a buildroot.tar.gz, an
install.sh, and a manifest.txt.
Since I wasn't interested in building anything myself, I didn't look in
the buildroot.tar.gz and I wasn't quite sure how to run install.sh.
A readme.txt at this level would be VERY helpful!