Firebird 2.1 (version 2.1.0) is included by default in the Ubuntu 8.10 named Intrepid Ibex that was released on 30 October. To use it you might need this guide and also there is an repository with version 2.1.1 (recommended)
These are the general notes on building Firebird 2.5 from debian git , and it should work on any debian based distro like ubuntu or others Read more
Damyan Ivanov committed patches for building Firebird 2.5 in parallel with make and -j option
This is good in case you have multicpu system
SuperServer builds now with -j8 for 3 minutes on an 4-core Phenom
compared to ~13 minutes without -j; both builds use the system
libedit and ICU.
Here is my guide on using the latest stable release for Lazarus and latest free pascal compiler (2.2.2) on Ubuntu intrepid/hardy Also after that install firebird related components and seems to work very well (tested the db aware components)
Article submitted by Anton Kavalenka.
Firebird SQL server is popular because it is free, open, lightweight and secure. Firebird is based on the Interbase SQL server, and can be accessed by the same client libraries.
FlameRobin is a X-platform GUI application that makes the life of Firebird/Interbase admins easier. It’s a very light-weight solution (implemented with wxWidgets) as opposed to Tora, which tries to be universal, but is very huge and takes a while to load. FlameRobin starts almost instantly, but being lightweight doesn’t mean to be poor in features. Some of them are: Read more
What would you think is harder to do? Run a .NET Client/Server application through mono on Linux or install Ubuntu on Microsoft’s Virtual PC?
Here is the long answer
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
Also there is an released version in debian experimental
It’s an recomended update if you are still using firebird 2.1.0
This tutorial will walk you through the creation of a simple blog application. We’ll be getting and installing Cake, creating and configuring a database, and creating enough application logic to list, add, edit, and delete blog posts.
What is needed : Firebird ,Ubuntu , Nginx and Php but it should work with any other server (apache, lighttpd)
This is an howto create your own ubuntu live cd with firebird/ubuntu and custom applications ,in guide ubuntu variation used was Xubuntu (is smaller and can be customized easier ) but it works for any hardy release
