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terry6 Can't connect to FB database

« on: July 12, 2016, 03:21:31 pm »
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Running lazarus IDE v1.6+dfsg-1 amd64

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using Firebird SS 2.5.6 amd64

Flamerobin works good with fdb database and table.

when I set connection on ibconnection to True i get an error:

Can not load default Firebird Clients ("LIBFbClient.so.2.5.1" or "LibGDS.so" or "LibFEmbed.so.2.5") Check your
installation.

libgds.so and libfbclient.so.2.5.6 are both located in /usr/lib64

It says it is looking for 2.5.1 and I have 2.5.6 of the libfbclient but it still should should find the libgds.

I am running lubuntu. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial

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Ñuño_Martínez Re: Can't connect to FB database

« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2016, 12:54:37 pm »
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The problem seems to be at the "LIBFbClient.so.2.5.1" file. Did you tryed to install Firebird 2.5.1? It is possible on
Ubuntu. If it works then you have your answer.
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rvk Re: Can't connect to FB database

« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2016, 01:45:43 pm »
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Confirmed. This is a really nasty one.

First of all the libfbclient.2.5.1 is an old one. So the source needs to be adjusted to also take 2.5.6.

Posts: 3789 Second... the libgds.so should have been loaded but isn't.

I found out the libraries in /usr/lib64 are NOT used.

If you create a symlink in /usr/lib it DOES work

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ln -s /opt/firebird/lib/libfbclient.so.2.5.6 /usr/lib/libfbclient.so.2.5.1

(this creates a symlink named libfbclient.so.2.5.1 which fpc still uses to the new libfbclient.so.2.5.6)
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terry6 Re: Can't connect to FB database

« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2016, 05:17:27 pm »
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I don't want to know why but:

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putting the libclient2.5.6 into /usr/lib as libclient2.5.1 works so I am happy.

Maybe someday the code can be straightened out but for now this seems to work.

Also: I had to put sudo on the start of the command line for the permissions to let it work.
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Ñuño_Martínez Re: Can't connect to FB database

« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2016, 06:56:21 pm »
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Quote from: rvk on July 13, 2016, 01:45:43 pm

(...)

Second... the libgds.so should have been loaded but isn't.

Posts: 908 I found out the libraries in /usr/lib64 are NOT used.

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If you create a symlink in /usr/lib it DOES work

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ln -s /opt/firebird/lib/libfbclient.so.2.5.6 /usr/lib/libfbclient.so.2.5.1

(this creates a symlink named libfbclient.so.2.5.1 which fpc still uses to the new libfbclient.so.2.5.6)

That's not a good idea: You're mixing 64bit and 32bit stuff. That's not good. And it should not work, unless libfbclient
wasn't installed correctly.

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I've read again and I've realized that you are not mixing 64bit and 32bit: the problem is that the Firebird client isn't
installed correctly. It should be at /usr/lib/, not at /opt/firebird/lib/. Actually I don't know why it is at /opt ???

I didn't try Firebird in Ubuntu yet, but when I used it with Fedora it installed correctly.
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rvk Re: Can't connect to FB database

« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2016, 07:17:56 pm »
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Quote from: Ñuño_Martínez on July 13, 2016, 06:56:21 pm

Quote from: rvk on July 13, 2016, 01:45:43 pm

(...)
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ln -s /opt/firebird/lib/libfbclient.so.2.5.6 /usr/lib/libfbclient.so.2.5.1

(this creates a symlink named libfbclient.so.2.5.1 which fpc still uses to the new libfbclient.so.2.5.6)

That's not a good idea: You're mixing 64bit and 32bit stuff. That's not good. And it should not work, unless libfbclient wasn't installed correctly.

Well, it does work, perfectly.

And somehow the libraries in /usr/lib64 are not found. The default Firebird installations installs them there so I guess
they are installed correctly.

But... I thought the /usr/lib IS for 64bit libraries on a 64bit OS !!

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=815764#p815764

Although I agree it would be better to separate 32bit and 64bit libraries it seems this is not always done and the /usr/lib
is also used for 64bit libraries.

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Edit: I though the libraries are always in /opt/firebird/lib/ and Firebird symlinked them to /usr/lib. (but in this case it was
to /usr/lib64 for some reason)
PS. I used the tarball and used the install.sh because I was on Mint. Maybe that's the difference.
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