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Does anybody know on how to install Firebird 2.0 on FreeBSD 7.2? I have updated the ports and the kernels, but when I try to do a "make install", I get the error:

Please do not build firebird as 'root' because this may cause conflicts with SysV semaphores of running services.

Any ideas?

Victor Ian
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Thanks for the reply, guys. I finally figured it out. Here's how:

make -DPACKAGE_BUILDING

make install

that finally got it compiled and installed.

Victor Ian
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It might be worth your while to download the official source from firebird's site instead of using the FreeBSD port. Have a look here at someone who posted about compiling firebird on freebsd. There may be a macro that needs to be included to get around your problem. As for the make install, I would do this as a normal user first and see what happens. If it fails, then root around looking at the documents to see if there is a macro for compiling and enable it, then recompile the source, and try again.

Hope this helps, Best regards, Tom.

t0mm13b
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    Thanks for the reply, Tom. I finally figured it out. Here's how: make -DPACKAGE_BUILDING make install that finally got it compiled and installed. –  Jan 30 '10 at 14:46
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I see some patch on Firebird Tracker for Firebird 2.5

Perhaps, it can be useful for you.

Hugues Van Landeghem
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