Thomas Steinmaurer wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I know how to upgrade/reinstall Firebird on Windows, but on Linux, I'd
> better ask before screwing up the production server. ;-)
>
> I'm running Firebird 2.1.0 on Suse Linux Enterprise 10 and due to
> various patches in nbackup in the latest 2.1.2 release, I would like to
> update to 2.1.2.
>
> Is it really that easy as shown in the installation guide, with
> (installation has been done via the rpm package):
>
> $rpm -e FirebirdCS-2.1.n
>
>
> for deinstalling the old version including old client libs, ...?
>
> Basically, the firebird.conf, aliases.conf and the security database
> shall remain from the 2.1.0 installation. Does the deinstallation
> process deletes these files? If not, does the install process overwrites
> existing files?

This is how i do it:
- stop FB server
- backup /opt/firebird (i always use the files from firebirdsql.org)
- uninstall with "rpm -e"
- install new version
- copy wanted files from backup to new install

Uwe