Previous steps
If you try to install firebird on intel based macs you’ll see there’s no package available. There’s just the old powerpc. So the only way is building it yourself. To achieve it we need the following packages you can easily install with mac ports:
– Xcode-2.4.1 (previous registration is needed)
– autoconf
– GNU libtool
– Wget
Installing darwin ports is easy. Download selfinstall image.
Double click on the image file to mount it, then double click selfinstall file and it installs.
After installing darwin ports open Terminal to install needed packages.
Installing needed packages
$ sudo port install autoconf
$ sudo port install glibtool
$ sudo port install wget
$ sudo port install glibtool
$ sudo port install wget
Preparing to build Firebird
Downloading sources and intel macs patch
$ wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/firebird/firebird-1.5.4.4910.tar.bz2
$ wget http://visha.org/firebird-1.5.4.4910-MacOSX+NetBSD.patch
$ wget http://visha.org/firebird-1.5.4.4910-MacOSX+NetBSD.patch
Unpacking and patching sources
$ tar jxf firebird-1.5.4.4910.tar.bz2
$ cd firebird-1.5.4.4910
$ patch -p0 < ../firebird-1.5.4.4910-MacOSX+NetBSD.patch
$ cd firebird-1.5.4.4910
$ patch -p0 < ../firebird-1.5.4.4910-MacOSX+NetBSD.patch
Building sources and installing
$ ./autogen.sh
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ make
$ sudo make install
Setting firebird utils on the path
$ echo 'export PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Resources/bin:$PATH"' \
>> ~/.bash_login
>> ~/.bash_login
Applying new path
$ export PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Resources/bin:$PATH"
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