This should help you:

http://www.firebirdfaq.org/faq51/

Il 13/01/2013 16.55, sargei_tartar ha scritto:

> Perhaps I don't need a full install -- I intend to replace SQLite, so am only interested in the embedded mode (single local file, single process).
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> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, philippe makowski wrote:
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>> sargei_tartar [2013-01-12 16:17] :
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>>> I'm trying to install firebird under Linux on a machine where I don't have root access, but install.sh fails with the error "You need to be 'root' user to do this change." How can this be done?
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>> short answer, you can't
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>> Firebird full install need to create a Linux user and to activate a
>> service, so it need root access
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>> you can try a fakeroot, a chroot, or modify the install script. or you
>> can try to run it in place if is for testing purpose see
>> http://www.ib-aid.com/articles/item111
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>> but what is your goal ?
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