The install script looks for a '.tgz' file to perform the install.
When performing the TGZ install do:
- Change the perms on the install file to executable. (eg. chmod 777 ./install)
- cp ./InterBaseLI-B6.0.tgz /usr
- cp ./install /usr
- /** ./install **/
./install /usr/InterBaseLI-B6.0.tgz
/** you will be prompted for the ib install dir **/
- /usr
MIGRATION GUIDE
This is a migration guide for getting to ODS 10 - some helpful stuff.
Please keep in mind that this file is considered beta quality just like the new Linux release.
Proprietary Unixes
The Getting Started guide states that the default install for a Solaris package is in /usr. It has been pointed out that the only place for vendor-supplied stuff is in /opt and files that change in size should be in /var/opt.
Dave Schnepper notes:
Interbase's default location on Unix is /usr/interbase - this predates
the modern tradition of /opt and /var on Solaris. The default can be
overridden with the use of $INTERBASE* environment variables.
Certainly this is something that can be looked at and modernized -
post-open-source. (At the cost of backwards compatibility for
customers used to having it in /usr/interbase).
The physical install location can be in /opt - but, by default, a
slink would still be needed from /usr/interbase
Engine versions and the 6.0 Windows client:
Contrary to previous warnings about client incompatibility, please take note of the following:
A v6.0 client can attach to a v5.x server. It throws a warning and then sets the client dialect to 1, thus making v6.0 datatypes unavailable.
