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The instructions given below for the installation of Firebird on Windows and Linux should be sufficient for the vast majority of cases. However, if you experience problems or if you have special needs not covered here, be sure to read the INSTALLATION NOTES chapter in the Release Notes.
About this guide. The Firebird 5 Quick Start Guide is an introduction for the complete newcomer to a few essentials for getting off to a quick start with a Firebird binary kit. The guide first saw the light as Chapter 1 of the Using Firebird manual, sold on CD by IBPhoenix.
Performing a client-only install. Installing the Firebird server. Installation drives. Firebird server – and any databases you create or connect to – must reside on a hard drive that is physically connected to the host machine.
All Reference Manuals. Online Documentation. Downloadable Version. Current Versions. Firebird 5 Quick Start Guide (English) PDF available. Firebird 5.0 Language Reference - multi-page (English) PDF available. Firebird 4.0 Language Reference - multi-page (English)
Installation or Setup Download. Use Firebird site to download the correct "server package" for your system. First, select the version of Firebird that you would like to install. Next, select the appropriated installer for your system.
The Firebird Quick Start Guide is an introduction for the complete newcomer to a few essentials for getting off to a quick start with a Firebird binary kit. The guide first saw the light as Chapter 1 of the Using Firebird manual, sold on CD by IBPhoenix. Later it was published separately on the Internet.
Firebird is a free, open-source database management system, but “free” does not mean that everything is per-mitted. The use of Firebird is governed by two licenses: the IPL (InterBase Public License) and the IDPL (Initial Developer's Public License). The first one covers the parts of the source code that were inherited from InterBase;
