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Setting Up Firebird On Ubuntu Linux

This document provides steps to install and set up Firebird SQL on Ubuntu Linux. It describes downloading and installing the Firebird packages through the apt package manager. It also covers configuring the Firebird server, creating a password for the firebird system user, testing with example databases, and granting proper access permissions to the database files.

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Setting Up Firebird On Ubuntu Linux

This document provides steps to install and set up Firebird SQL on Ubuntu Linux. It describes downloading and installing the Firebird packages through the apt package manager. It also covers configuring the Firebird server, creating a password for the firebird system user, testing with example databases, and granting proper access permissions to the database files.

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Setting up Firebird on Ubuntu Linux


Rodney Gedda Marius Popa
10 May 2010 Document version 2.2 Table of Contents Setting up Firebird on Ubuntu Linux A. Document history B. License notice

Setting up Firebird on Ubuntu Linux


This article describes the process of installing and running Firebird on Ubuntu Linux also it should work without modification in Debian GNU/Linux distribution (testing version named squeez and unstable version named sid). Ubuntu is based on Debian core packages.Installing software with Ubuntu (or Kubuntu) is very straightforward and Firebird is no exception. This guide is based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx. The version of Firebird packaged with UbuntuLucid Lynx is 2.1.3 and is included by default and is latest stable. For other ubuntu releases there is a firebird stable ppa repository from where you can install it With administrator privileges on the target machine, issue the following command: $ sudo su # apt-get install firebird2.1-super

Apt's dependency tracking will automatically propose all the packages required for a complete installation with the following output: The following extra packages will be installed: firebird2.1-common firebird2.1-server-common libedit2 libfbclient2 libicu38 Suggested packages:firebird2.1-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: firebird2.1-common firebird2.1-server-common firebird2.1-super libedit2 libfbclient2 libicu38 0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 11.7MB of archives. After unpacking 28.4MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y

The packages will then download and install on the target machine, a new user firebird will be created to run the server, and the server will Not be started by default So you need to make another step to enable it: Selecting previously deselected package firebird2.1-super. (Reading database ... 542436 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking firebird2.1-super (from .../firebird2.1-super_2.1.3.18185-0.ds1-6build1_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up firebird2.1-super (2.1.3.18185-0.ds1-6build1) ... Created default security.fdb * Firebird 2.1 server manager not running. * Not starting Firebird 2.1 server manager * Use `dpkg-reconfigure firebird2.1-super' to enable.

You will need to configure the Firebird server if you want to start it automatically click Yes button then you will be asked again for SYSDBA password # dpkg-reconfigure firebird2.1-super

If all is Ok Firebird Super server will be started * Firebird 2.1 server manager not running. * Starting Firebird 2.1 server manager... * Firebird 2.1 server manager already running.

[ OK ]

If you're a seasoned Unix person, but new to Ubuntu, you might be wondering where all the Firebird files are residing in the directory hierarchy. To see where all the files were installed by Apt, simply do: # dpkg -L firebird2.1-super

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# dpkg -L firebird2.1-super /. /etc /etc/init.d /etc/init.d/firebird2.1-super /etc/default /etc/default/firebird2.1-super /usr /usr/share /usr/share/doc /usr/share/lintian /usr/share/lintian/overrides /usr/share/lintian/overrides/firebird2.1-super /usr/bin /usr/bin/nbackup /usr/bin/qli /usr/bin/gbak /usr/bin/gfix /usr/bin/gpre /usr/bin/isql-fb /usr/bin/gsec /usr/bin/fbstat /usr/bin/gdef /usr/lib /usr/lib/firebird /usr/lib/firebird/2.1 /usr/lib/firebird/2.1/bin /usr/lib/firebird/2.1/bin/fbmgr /usr/lib/firebird/2.1/bin/fbmgr.bin /usr/lib/firebird/2.1/bin/fb_lock_print /usr/lib/firebird/2.1/bin/fbguard /usr/lib/firebird/2.1/bin/fbserver /usr/lib/firebird/2.1/UDF /usr/lib/firebird/2.1/UDF/fbudf.so /usr/lib/firebird/2.1/UDF/ib_udf.so /usr/share/doc/firebird2.1-super

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As mentioned, a new user firebird is created on the target machine. With administrator access, set a password for this new user: # passwd firebird Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password:

Now you can switch to the firebird user with the su command if required. Install the examples and dev files # apt-get install firebird2.1-examples firebird2.1-dev

Now you can test your Firebird installation by connecting to an example database. Decompress the example employee.fdb database: The employee.fdb archive will be under this dir /usr/share/doc/firebird2.1-examples/examples/empbuild/ # cd /usr/share/doc/firebird2.1-examples/examples/empbuild/ gunzip employee.fdb.gz chown firebird.firebird employee.fdb mv employee.fdb /var/lib/firebird/2.1/data/

Fire up the interactive shell and at the SQL> prompt connect to employee database using the connect statement isql-fb SQL> connect "/var/lib/firebird/2.1/data/employee.fdb " user 'SYSDBA' password 'SYSDBApassword';

When you manage to successfully connect to the database you will see the message: Database: SQL> "/var/lib/firebird/2.1/data/employee.fdb ", User: SYSDBA

Now, from the SQL> prompt, feel free to browse around the employee database: Now you can check the server version and the tables SQL> show tables; COUNTRY CUSTOMER DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE_PROJECT JOB PROJECT PROJ_DEPT_BUDGET SALARY_HISTORY SALES SQL> show version; ISQL Version: LI-V2.1.3.18185 Firebird 2.1 Server version: Firebird/linux Intel (access method), version "LI-V2.1.3.18185 Firebird 2.1" Firebird/linux Intel (remote server), version "LI-V2.1.3.18185 Firebird 2.1/tcp (borkstationx32)/P11" Firebird/linux Intel (remote interface), version "LI-V2.1.3.18185 Firebird 2.1/tcp (borkstationx32)/P11" on disk structure version 11.1

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on disk structure version 11.1 SQL> quit CON>;

For an GUI admin tool you might check the flamerobin administration tool included in ubuntu repository can be installed by an simple # apt-get install flamerobin

If you get an error message like Statement failed, SQLCODE = -551 no permission for read-write access to database /var/lib/firebird/2.1/data /employee.fdb, then the server process doesn't have read or write access to the database file. Change the ownership of the database to the user firebird with: # cd /var/lib/firebird/2.1/data/ # chown firebird:firebird employee.fdb

If you've made it this far your Firebird installation on Ubuntu has been a success. Have a nice day!

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