Default disk locations

The following table describes the default disk locations for the components on Windows and Linux.

Warning

Firebird 1.0 still uses many of the same locations, component names and resource links as InterBase 6.x and prior versions of InterBase. Hence, it is not possible to run both a Firebird server and an InterBase server on the same machine with these versions - at least not at the same time. This restriction has been removed in Firebird 1.5.

Table 2. Components of the Firebird 1.0 installation

Platform	Component	File Name	Default Location
32-bit and 64-bit Windows (Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, ...)	Installation directory (referred to hereafter as `<InstallDir>`)		`C:\Program Files\Firebird`
	Firebird server	`ibserver.exe` (SS only)	`<InstallDir>\bin`
	Command-line tools	`gbak.exe`, `gfix.exe`, `gstat.exe`, etc.	`<InstallDir>\bin`
	Sample database	`employee.gdb`	`<InstallDir>\examples`
	User-defined function (UDF) libraries	`ib_udf.dll` & `fbudf.dll`	`<InstallDir>\UDF`
	Firebird client	`gds32.dll`	Windows System directory (see note below table)
Linux and possibly other UNIX distros	Installation directory (referred to hereafter as `<InstallDir>`)		`/opt/interbase`
	Firebird server	`ibserver` (SS) or `gds_inet_server` (CS)	`<InstallDir>/bin`
	Command-line tools	`gbak`, `gfix`, `gstat`, etc.	`<InstallDir>/bin`
	Sample database	`employee.gdb`	`<InstallDir>/examples`
	UDF libraries	`ib_udf.so`	`<InstallDir>/UDF`
	Firebird client	`libgds.so.0` (binary), `libgds.so` (symlink)	`/usr/lib` (actually, the real stuff is in `<InstallDir>/lib`, but you should use the links in `/usr/lib`)

Note

The exact path to the Windows System directory depends on your Windows version. Typical locations are:

for Windows 95/98/ME: C:\Windows\System
for Windows NT/2000: C:\WINNT\System32
for Windows XP: C:\Windows\System32