This article describes the process of installing and running Firebird on Ubuntu Linux. Like the Debian GNU/Linux distribution it is based on, installing software with Ubuntu (or Kubuntu) is very straightforward and Firebird is no exception. This guide is based on Ubuntu 6.10 “Edgy Eft”. The version of Firebird packaged with Ubuntu “Edgy Eft” is 1.5.3.4870-10 but is labelled “firebirdsql2?. Since its inception, Ubuntu has followed a strict six-month release cycle so this may change with the “Feisty Fawn” release in April 2007.

With administrator privileges on the target machine, issue the following command: # apt-get install firebird2-super-server Apt’s dependency tracking will automatically propose all the packages required for a complete installation with the following output:

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