building firebird 2.1.x super from source on ubuntu

$sudo apt-get install automake libtool libreadline5-dev make btyacc bison gawk g++



$wget http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/firebird/Firebird-2.1.0.17755-ReleaseCandidate2.tar.bz2

$tar -jxvf Firebird-2.1.0.17755-ReleaseCandidate2.tar.bz2

$cd Firebird-2.1.0.17755-ReleaseCandidate2

$./configure --enable-super-server --prefix=/opt/firebird2.1

$make

$sudo make install

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