Hello,

I'm having a problem installing Firebird 2.1.4 Classic (Firebird classic 2.1.4.18393-0.amd64 Installation) on Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS.

I could not find a repository from where to install, so I downloaded the sources, compiled it and tried to install it. Please point me out if there is a easier way. I would like Classic since is I want to take advantage of SMP and I'd like to stay on 2.1.X series because I've not tested the application on 2.5.X yet.

This is the error I'm getting:

sudo make install

Press Enter to start installation or ^C to abort
Extracting install data

--- Warning ----------------------------------------------
The installation target directory: /usr/lib/firebird
Already contains a prior installation of InterBase/Firebird.
This and files found in /usr/include and /usr/lib64 will be
archived in the file : /usr/lib/firebird_20111201_1007.tar.gz

Press return to continue or ^C to abort
Archiving...
Done.
Deleting...
Done.
Please enter new password for SYSDBA user: asdf
Install completed
cp -r ../gen/FirebirdCS-debuginfo-2.1.4.18393-0.amd64/* /
cp: no se puede sobreescribir el no directorio «/usr/lib64» con el directorio «../gen/FirebirdCS-debuginfo-2.1.4.18393-0.amd64/usr/lib64»
make[2]: *** [install] Error 1
make[2]: se sale del directorio «/home/roshka/Firebird-2.1.4.18393-0/gen»
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: se sale del directorio «/home/roshka/Firebird-2.1.4.18393-0/gen»
make: *** [install] Error 2

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The translation would be:

cp: *cannot ovewrite the directory* «/usr/lib64» *with the directory* «../gen/FirebirdCS-debuginfo-2.1.4.18393-0.amd64/usr/lib64»


Thanks in advance

Alejandro