OK, I have a new Ubuntu/Firebird/PHP issue, so, Helen, please don't slap me again...er...yet..please.

When installing the Firebird/Interbase PHP5 module, it errors with:
php5-interbase: Depends: phpapi-20051025 but it is not installable.

I tried installing the various PHP5 pieces (i.e. cli, etc), but they do not install this package. Is there a work-around that someone can point me to before a) the next Ubuntu release which may or may not fix it or b) hell freezes over and I lose my job?!?! ;)

Thanks again.
Kurt.


----- Original Message ----
From: federonline <federonline@...>
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 5:42:42 PM
Subject: [firebird-support] Re: Firebird on Ubuntu













Thanks to everyone that responded...



This is awesome.

Kurt.

--- In firebird-support@ yahoogroups. com, "Doru Ilasi" wrote:

>

> --- In firebird-support@ yahoogroups. com, "federonline"

> <federonline@ > wrote:

> >

> > Greets.

> >

> > I just started porting a fairly large project to Ubuntu, which raised

> > a couple questions.

> >

> > I started on FB 2.01; can anyone say when this will be released on

> > Ubuntu? I use some features that would make going back difficult.

> >

> > Can I EASILY do something to step over their installation and install

> > 2.01 or 2.03?

> >

> > I appreciate the advice; it's been 8 years since I worked on *NIX.

> > Kurt.

> >

> Don't wait untill you will can install Firebird 2 on Ubuntu with

apt-get.

>

> This should be available after moderator aproval on HowTo Forge.

>

> step 1. Prepare an nice Ubuntu server : fire a "The Perfect Setup -

> Ubuntu" search on HowTo forge and follow the steps according to the OS

> version you are decided to go on.

>

> step 2. Do the libstdc++5 installation (before installing Firebird)

>

>

> user@machine: ~# sudo apt-get install libstdc++5

>

> step 3. Download and expand Firebird installation kit from

> http://firebirdsql. org (downloads) or source force : the 2.0.3 NTPL

> superserver.

>

> - for 32 bit OS :

>

> user@machine: ~# sudo wget

>

http://downloads. sourceforge. net/firebird/ FirebirdSS- 2.0.3.12981- 1.nptl.i686. tar.gz

>

>

> user@machine: ~# sudo tar -xvf FirebirdSS-2. 0.3.12981- 1.nptl.i686. tar.gz

>

>

> user@machine: ~# cd cd FirebirdSS-2. 0.3.12981- 1.i686

>

> - for 64 bit OS :

>

> user@machine: ~# sudo wget

>

http://downloads. sourceforge. net/firebird/ FirebirdSS- 2.0.3.12981- 1.amd64.tar. gz

>

>

> user@machine: ~# sudo tar -xvf FirebirdSS-2. 0.3.12981- 1.amd64.tar. gz

>

>

> user@machine: ~# cd FirebirdSS-2. 0.3.12981- 1.amd64

>

> (remark : is NTPL by default for 64 bit OS)

>

> step 4. install Firebird.

>

>

> - user@machine: ~# sudo ./install.sh

>

> (remark : install script will prompt you twice for the SYSDBA password

>

> step 5. do some UDF's housekeeping.

>

> - if you have UDF's please (sudo) put them in /opt/firebird/ UDF/

> folder. Of course the UDF's must be compiled according to OS version

....

> - change rights on UDF's folder :

>

> user@machine: ~# sudo chown root:root /opt/firebird/ UDF/*

>

>

> user@machine: ~# sudo chmod 444 /opt/firebird/ UDF/*

>

> - and restart firebird :

>

> user@machine: ~# sudo /etc/init.d/ firebird reload

>

> optional step 6. Move your data :

> - do a backup on the old machine :

> <put path (include ending slash at the end) to gbak here>gbak -b -t

> -v -USER SYSDBA -PASS <put SYSDBA password here> <put path and name of

> the database here> <put path and name of the backup file here>

>

> - made home of the new database on the new machine :

>

> user@machine: ~# sudo mkdir <put path to the database location here>

>

> - and give Firebird the needed rights there :

>

> user@machine: ~# sudo chown firebird:firebird <put path to the database

> (include ending slash at the end) location here>

>

>

> - move the backup file from old to the new machine in the <put path to

> the database (include ending slash at the end) location here> folder

> and restore data :

>

> <put path (include ending slash at the end) to gbak here>gbak -c -v

> -t -USER

>

> SYSDBA -PASS <put SYSDBA password here> <put path and name of the

> backup file

>

> here> <put path and name of the database here>

>

> Enjoy.

>














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