Preparing the Linux Build Environment


ball.gif Gnu C is required for Firebird 1.0
Gnu C++ is required for all later versions.
  
ball.gif All versions of Firebird require some parts of the Gnu toolchain.
Specific version requirements are mentioned later.
  
ball.gif This stuff is just bread and butter to most Linux distributions. If it is not already installed it is usually available just a click away.
  
ball.gif A firebird install is required to build Firebird 1 and 1.5.
  
ball.gif Allow up to 500MB of disc space for a build.
  
ball.gif Remember that Linux is more fussy about library compatibility. You may need to build an older version of Firebird on an older version of Linux. (Or is that the other way round :-)