Installing Firebird Win32 ODBC on Ubuntu 7.04

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HOW TO INSTALL FIREBIRD WITH NATIVE WINDOWS ODBC USING WINE ON Ubuntu 7.04 LivePC

-----------------------REQUIRED FILES---------------------------------


wine-0.9.55-i486-1kjz.tgz or newer
    URL:  http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...?group_id=6241
    use Slackware package latest version

winetricks
    linux shell script - launches a GUI - 
    URL:   http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks

mdac_typ.exe (this will be mdac 2.5 - use winetricks to obtain)

arial.exe (use winetricks to obtain)

Firebird_ODBC_2.0.0-Win32.exe   
     URL:  http://www.ibphoenix.com/downloads/?C=S;O=A
        or  http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=odbc
     This can also be obtained from the synapse-server.exe installer GUI

Firebird-2.0.1.12855-1-Win32.exe  
     URL: http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php...&id=engine_201


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1.  Start up the Ubuntu instance

2. cd to /

3. sudo tar -xvzf /path/to/wine-archive

cd to the /install directory

make the doinst.sh executable

move the lib files to /usr/lib/ and the wineg++ and wine* to /usr/bin/

4.  Use a console, type "winecfg".  The wine configuration GUI will launch
         and auto creates the wine file stucture in /root/.wine. Accept the default windows settings. Exit.

5.  Obtain the shell script "winetricks" and save as ASCII. 
         Make it executable.

6.  Launch winetricks, and click on the following checks (serially):

         corefonts
         fakeie6
         winver-nt40
         volnum=
mdac25

Each has to be done one after the other .. the script will not install more than one check at a time.

7.  Use winetricks checks to download the following:

         These will be saved in a folder "winetrickscache" /home/m5/.winetrickscache

9.  At this point you can verify that the ODBC Data Source Administrator is
         working by typing in a console "wine odbcad32.exe"

10. Check to make sure the ODBC Data Source Administrator has been added to
         the wine control panel by typing in a console "wine control"
         to launch.

11. Now from a console, "wine Firebird_ODBC_2.0.0-Win32.exe" to install the
         Firebird ODBC driver.  Should install smoothly.  Follow prompts.
         You can now use the ODBC Data Source Administrator GUI to add the
         Firebird/Interbase(r) ODBC driver.

12. Add the Firebird RDBMS system.  From a console:
         "wine Firebird-2.0.1.12855-1-Win32.exe"  Follow the prompts.
         Settings should be:
             --Use the Guardian to control the server
             --Run as an application
             --Start Firebird automatically upon bootup
             --Install control panel applet
             --Generate GDS32.dll for legacy app support.
         This should install smoothly - no hanging or crashing.

13.  You can now use the ODBC Data Source Administrator to connect to a
         Firebird database(of the form XXXXX.FDB) and test the connection.