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Hamed Kamrava
Asked: 2013-05-30 09:08:45 +0800 CST

How to install FireBird on Ubuntu 12.04

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I would like intall FireBird on ubuntu 12.04 32bit. I've downloaded it from here.

There is a .rpm file in ~/Downloads/FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.i686.rpm.

I've seen this link for how to install it, But i don't understand !

What i must to do with that .rpm file ? tnx

12.04

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    rpm is a package type used by Red Hat/Fedora. It is possible to install rpm packages in Ubuntu but I don't recommend it as I had bad experiences doing that.

    Firebird is already in the Ubuntu repository, you don't have to download it and install it by yourself. Just open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run:

    sudo apt-get install firebird2.5-super
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  2. Have you read this?

    It doesn't look like you need the .rpm file, running:

    sudo apt-get install firebird2.1-super from a terminal should install FireBird. The link I gave provides details on further configuration as well.

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  3. First, install Alien. Alien is a utility that converts .rpm to .deb files.

    sudo apt-get install alien dpkg-dev debhelper build-essential

    Navigate to your downloads directory with the following command:

    cd ~/Downloads

    Run alien on your Firebird package:

    sudo alien FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.i686.rpm

    Install the new deb file with dpkg

    sudo dpkg -i FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.i686.deb

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