2011/4/12 Paul Vinkenoog <paul@...>

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> Assuming that all the copying and linking in step 1 was successful, it looks like /usr/lib is not in your standard library search path.
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> AFAIK, PATH is only used to find executables, not shared libraries. Library paths should be added to /etc/ld.so.conf or its equivalent on your system.
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> Alternatively, you can move the Firebird stuff from /usr/lib to a folder that _is_ in your system's default library search path.
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yes,
I don't know what distro you are using, but most of have client only packages