On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Christian Sawatzki<Sawatzki@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hello all together,
> I am new in the field as well as on ubuntu/linux as on the field
> databases. My problem is following: I installed ubuntu as new OS on my
> notebook instead of MS Vista. Afterwards I tried to install Firebird 2.1
> Super und Flamerobin on the PC. The installation via Symantec worked
> fine. But when I try to get connection to an existing database via
> Flamerobin (as root) I am getting the errormessage that a Connection
> could not be established.
>
> When I looked up the running processes, I found no FB process at all.
> Can you give me some hints how to install it right? Thank you all in
> advance.
>
> Christian
>

Hi Christian,

I normally install from the tar.gz archive, but since you are
installing from the repository, here is the guide
http://www.firebirdsql.org/manual/ubusetup.html

Good luck!

Fidel.