You can try the tar.gz installer


Download the binary from


http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-3-0-0-alpha2/



In my case 64-bit Kits
http://web.firebirdsql.org/download/prerelease/linux_x64/Firebird-3.0.0.30809-Alpha2.amd64.tar.gz

tar -zxvf Firebird-3.0.0.30809-Alpha2.amd64.tar.gz

Then run the installer inside

sudo ./install.sh

Firebird 3.0.0.30809-Alpha2.amd64 Installation

Press Enter to start installation or ^C to abort
Extracting install data
Archiving...
./usr/include/iberror.h
./usr/include/ib_util.h
./usr/include/ibase.h
usr/lib/libib_util.so
usr/lib/libfbclient.so
usr/lib/libfbclient.so.2
usr/lib/libfbclient.so.3.0.0
Done.
Deleting...
Done.
update-rc.d: warning: start runlevel arguments (2 3 5) do not match firebird Default-Start values (2 3 4 5)
Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/firebird ...
/etc/rc0.d/K20firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
/etc/rc1.d/K20firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
/etc/rc6.d/K20firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
/etc/rc2.d/S14firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
/etc/rc3.d/S14firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
/etc/rc5.d/S14firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
Please enter new password for SYSDBA user: masterkey
Starting Firebird server: Install completed


and then it seems that firebird is started you can check with ps axxu

ps axuu | grep firebird
firebird 20918 0.0 0.0 28988 944 ? S 18:55 0:00 /opt/firebird/bin/fbguard -pidfile /var/run/firebird/firebird.pid -daemon -forever
firebird 20919 0.0 0.1 170764 6728 ? Sl 18:55 0:00 /opt/firebird/bin/firebird


Then might need to enable old legacy auth in firebird.conf