[SOLVED] help with installing Firebird 2.5 on Lucid Lynx

lordrt · 10-28-2010, 05:36 AM

Hello
Am rather new to linux, and know about the apt-get install <package> command only to install in linux. However, when using this command to try install firebird 2.5 on my Lucid, it is not finding the package, and eventually I downloaded the tar file from firebird site, but after extracting I do not know how to proceed.
Anyone can help me with this?

Simon Bridge · 10-28-2010, 06:25 AM

Back up to the apt-get part.
Did you try to find the package in synaptic?
What was the command you used - exactly.
What was the exact error.

Looking in the repos - I see that firebird 2.1 is the current one.
Install from synaptic or with:

sudo apt-get install firebird

So ... why do you need 2.5?

fbobraga · 10-28-2010, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by lordrt

(...) and know about the apt-get install <package> command only (...)

Synaptic is just another front end to apt - like apt-get, but Graphical, not CLI. "Ubuntu Software Center" also can be viewed this way (but is far more "top-level")

This links may clear things up:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/synaptic-p...ntu-users.html
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter

fbobraga · 10-28-2010, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lordrt

I downloaded the tar file from firebird site

you don't need to do this: just use Synaptic

lordrt · 10-29-2010, 12:45 AM

I used apt-get install firebird2.5-superserver to try install on Lucid, but I get error message: Couldn't find package firebird2.5-superserver, same if try with apt-get install firebird

But I managed to install the 2.1 version using the command apt-get install firebird2.1-super, but I have been asked to install firebird2.5 since it is the latest version, and my colleagues need to test it afterwards

Simon Bridge · 11-05-2010, 07:24 AM

To use the tar.gz file you will be http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:M...rce]installing from source[/url]. The link has the howto for installing the ubuntu way. You can also extract the archive and follow the instructions.

If you want to keep testing the absolute latest, then you'll really need to learn to use the git repository.

lordrt · 11-07-2010, 11:30 PM

Hi, thanks for the help, but in the end i went for a clean install of maverick, and used apt-get command to install firebird 2.5 successfully, seems I still need to learn a lot about repositories etc lol

Simon Bridge · 11-09-2010, 12:08 AM

Well done.
Maverick will have more recent versions - the LTS packages are supposed to be stable. Though, sometimes the version number won't be updated because the repo may have a patch update rather than releases.

Its usually only important if a release has an extra feature you need or if you have to test something.