InterBase 4.0 for Linux

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System requirements

Operating system	Linux 2.0 ( for Intel processor ) This release of InterBase is currently certified on following versions of the Linux kernel. 2.0.29, 2.0.30, 2.0.33
Libraries	libc 5.3.12, libdl 1.7.14
Disk space	About 11 MB must be free on the filesystem containing the directory, where you install the InterBase software.

Installing InterBase on Linux

To install InterBase 4.0 on Linux, follow these steps:

1. Extract the tar file in a directory of your choice.

 
      tar xzvf IB_4.0_Linux.tar.gz

Tip: The .gz extension indicates that this file is compressed with GNU gzip (no relation to PKZIP or WinZip). You can uncompress a gzip-compressed file with the gunzip command (included on Linux). The tar command can also read gzip-compressed files if you include the z option, as in the example above. gzip and tar are included in Linux.

The files produced from extracting the tar file are:

interbase.tar: Another tar archive, containing the product. This tar archive contains absolute paths of the files inside, so it doesn't matter where on the filesystem the tar file is located when you install it.
install: A shell script to perform the product installation on Linux. When you run this script, the interbase.tar file should be in your current working directory.
license.txt: The terms of the license agreement for using this product.
IB_4.0_Linux_readme.html: A copy of this document in HTML format.
IB_4.0_Linux_readme.pdf: A copy of this document in PDF format.

2. Run the install script.

 
      sh ./install

The install script expects to find a file called interbase.tar in your current working directory.

Below is a log of the installation script. In bold characters, you see examples of the text you should type in response to prompts. There are a few paragraphs of explanation below that does not appear when you run the install script.

 
        InterBase Installation of V4.0G
        Use this script to install InterBase on either the i486 server <node.domain> 
          or one of its clients. You must have superuser privleges.
        Answer each prompt with the appropriate information or press Return 
          to use the default values that appear in brackets [ ].

Continue with the installation? [y]:y

The next output varies, based on your own machine configuration. It is a list of filesystem devices currently mounted. For example:

 
        /dev/sda1 / ext2 rw 1 1
        /dev/sda5 /usr ext2 rw 1 2 
        /dev/sda7 /var ext2 rw 1 2
        /dev/scd0 /mount_dir iso9660 ro 0 0

This installation will create the directory tree interbase/i486_V4.0G under the root directory most appropriate for your installation. Enter the root directory you wish to use [/home/node.domain.com]:/usr

You must enter /usr in response to the above prompt.

 
        InterBase cannot be installed as /usr/interbase, it can however be 
          installed into /usr/ibase/interbase with /usr/interbase linked to it 
          if it must be installed in the /usr partition.

There is no disadvantage to having /usr/interbase be a symbolic link to another directory where the software resides. It is important to be aware of the location that the InterBase software files are installed, in case /usr/ibase/interbase and /usr/interbase are located on different physical filesystems. You should verify that about 10 MB is free on the filesystem containing the former directory.

Do you wish to continue? [Y]: y

Enter Archive name [./interbase.tar]: <Enter>

Press the Enter key to specify that the install script use the file interbase.tar in the current working directory.

 
        Using ./interbase.tar.
        /usr/ibase/interbase does not exist...creating it.
        /usr/ibase/interbase/i486_V4.0G does not exist...creating it.
        Press Return to continue
        Reading files from archive...
        Unpacks product files.....
        /bin...

          . . .

Quite a few files are listed as they are unpacked.

 
        . . .

          lib/gds.a

          servers.isc

          services.isc
        Building Interbase sample databases and checking system network files. 
          Depending on your machine configuration, this may take from 1 to 5 minutes.
        gds_db 3050/tcp
        gds_db stream tcp nowait root /usr/interbase/bin/gds_inet_server gds_inet_server
        This completes the InterBase installation script. Please be sure to 
          reboot the node that you have installed on.

Tip: Despite the last message from install, you do not need to reboot the machine; it is sufficient to restart the inetd daemon process. Issue the command kill -1 pid, where pid is the process id number of the inetd process.

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