evan Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 hi, I downloaded the firebird 0.7, and extract them to a directory. So, what should I do now? Should I run something to execute the installation or what? thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eevoo Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 *edit* lol opps wrong OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 *edit* lol opps wrong OS. sorry, I didn't get it. Could you explain it in detail, cuz I'm a newbie to Linux totally. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedlester Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 You just need to run ./MozillaFirebird from inside the directory you extracted it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eevoo Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 sorry, I didn't get it.Could you explain it in detail, cuz I'm a newbie to Linux totally. Cheers Sorry I was not paying attention to what forum this was in. Just do what wickedlester said. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 You just need to run ./MozillaFirebird from inside the directory you extracted it to. what if I want to run it just like an internal command? Should I add that file into some kind of path? and how should I do it? cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 5, 2004 what if I want to run it just like an internal command?Should I add that file into some kind of path? and how should I do it? I would not recommend changing your $PATH just to support the odd location of Firebird. The better thing to do is to add a symbolic link inside one of your /bin directories (preferably,in /usr/local/bin , if it is in your existing $PATH) that links to the executeable in your "MozillaFirebird" directory (wherever that may be). It's the cleanest solution to dealing with the way that the betas of Firebird are distributed. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_dragen Veteran Posted February 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 5, 2004 Check this thread for instructions on creating your symbolic link if you do not know how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 Check this thread for instructions on creating your symbolic link if you do not know how. thx a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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