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The Firebird 2.1.1 packages are now in ppa for Ubuntu Dapper, Gutsy , Feisty , Hardy and Intrepid Ibex The guide for installing is located in the ubuntu wiki [Update:Intrepid/Dapper builds are added and is now officially released ]

You may have heard of “Ubuntu Netbook Remix”, a special edition of Ubuntu for so called “netbooks“, which was showcased by Canonical at Computex. In ubuntu atom cpu is named lpia and firebird/flamerobin builds just fine on it (is low power x86 so it should be ok) via http://markusthielmann.com/blog/installing_ubuntu_netbook_remix_ubuntu_hardy_804

This feature was requested on ubuntu bug tracker and now  fix  is released in firebird2.0 for Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firebird2.0/2.0.3.12981.ds1-16 and in firebird2.1/firebird.2.0 for debian http://packages.qa.debian.org/f/firebird2.1/news/20080523T050204Z.html

As you may have noticed, debian experimental got firebird2.0 (2.0.4) and firebird2.1 (2.1.0). I would really appreciate if you give these some testing. 2.0.4 is more urgent as this is what I very much want to release with Lenny. 2.1.0 is possible for Lenny too, especially if 2.1.1 comes out soon. Thanks in advance. It is my pleasure to announce the widest [...]

The security bug is now fixed in debian experimental and here is the changelog

Here is an howto install jaws php cms on ubuntu with firebird backend

A Nokia-sponsored project is porting Ubuntu Linux to the ARM architecture. Just in time for testing firebird on the new ubuntu arm port http://www.nabble.com/arm-port-patch-td16497801.html Also intel developed an low power x86 architecture (LPIA) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileAndEmbedded http://www.intel.com/technology/systems/lpia/ and firebird seem to compile just fine , here is the build log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13154474/buildlog_ubuntu-hardy-lpia.firebird2.1_2.1.0.17755-rc2.ds1-1ubuntu12_FULLYBUILT.txt.gz

Flamerobin 0.8.6 is now accepted in the official ubuntu 8.04 hardy repository http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/utils/flamerobin here is the distro list where flamerobin 0.8.6 is included Debian http://packages.debian.org/lenny/flamerobin Gentoo http://gentoo-portage.com/dev-db/flamerobin

you will need an apache+php+php5interbase setup (in ubuntu or any distro,or windows) [See remaining text…]  $sudo apt-get install php5-interbase cvs then checkout the latest version in /var/www directory $cd /var/www $cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@ibwebadmin.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ibwebadmin logincvs -z3 $sudo cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@ibwebadmin.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ibwebadmin co -P ibwebadmin $sudo [...]

php5-interbase package fixes php-api dependencies (LP: #179803) and (LP: #135695) and ibwebadmin is an update release for ubuntu gutsy the repository can be used by adding it in  /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu gutsy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ubuntu gutsy main then $sudo apt-get update $sudo apt-get install ibwebadmin as bonus firebird2.0-super from repository fixes  startup bug when server is restarted

firebird2.0 package is now included in debian etch backports (stable) http://packages.debian.org/etch-backports/firebird2.0-super for using the etch stable backports read this reference firebird 2.0 package is also included in testing http://packages.debian.org/lenny/firebird2.0-super and unstable http://packages.debian.org/sid/firebird2.0-super

The new package is for php5.2.5 and can be installed with an simple apt-get install php5-interbase It was uploaded by  Daniel Hahler And you can see the package bugs/details here

here are the instructions for installing i386/amd64 flamerobin packages on ubuntu gutsy and on hardy (latest development branch of ubuntu)

This package is neither part of unstable nor experimental. This probably means that the package has been removed (or has been renamed). Thus the information here is of little interest … the package is going to disappear unless someone takes it over and reintroduces it into unstable.