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Install conflict with Interbase [CORE494] #844
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Commented by: Alice F. Bird (firebirds) Date: 2000-12-02 10:51 This allows to have more than one version installed. |
Commented by: @dyemanov AFAIU, this is not an issue anymore. |
Modified by: @dyemanovstatus: Open [ 1 ] => Resolved [ 5 ] resolution: Fixed [ 1 ] Fix Version: 1.5.0 [ 10025 ] assignee: Paul Reeves [ paul_reeves ] SF_ID: 224130 => |
Modified by: @pcisarWorkflow: jira [ 10518 ] => Firebird [ 14829 ] |
Modified by: @pavel-zotovQA Status: No test |
Modified by: @pavel-zotovstatus: Closed [ 6 ] => Closed [ 6 ] QA Status: No test => Cannot be tested |
Submitted by: andycanfield (andycanfield)
SFID: 224130#
Submitted By: andycanfield
I had previously installed the ib_client package. I installed firebird. Things got very confused. For example here are the registry entries:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Borland\InterBase\CurrentVersion]
"UseCount"=dword:00000001
"RootDirectory"="C:\\Program Files\\Borland\\InterBase\\"
"Version"="WI-V6.0.0"
"DefaultMode"="-r"
"ServerDirectory"=":\\Program Files\\firebird\\"
"GuardianOptions"="1"
Notice that it was installed into C:\Program Files\Firebird but the root directory is C:\Program Files\Borland\Interbase. The RootDirectory entry was apparently left over from my install of ib_client. After I thoroughly uninstall Firebird and Interbase and re-install Firebird, the RootDirectory is C:\\Program Files\\firebird\\ which is probably correct.
The normal procedures of installing software under Windows is that either [a] Firebird is Interbase so I should be able to install over an old version, or [b] Firebird is not Interbase so I should have no problem installing both on the same machine. But in may ways Firebird still thinks it is named "InterBase" and gets confused.
We should anyone installing Firebird to uninstall any version of InterBase, server or client, before installing Firebird. If possible, the Firebird install should check to see if InterBase is installed, and halt with an error message if so.
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