Firebird 5 in the Debian 13

[Luciano Rodrigues Nunes Mendes]

Hi everyone,

Firebird 5.0 isn't available in the Debian 13 native package repository, so I'll need to install it manually.

Besides the `libicu76` and `libtommath1` packages, does Firebird 5.0 require any other packages to be pre-installed on the system?

Do you have any plans to generate `.deb` packages instead of using `install.sh`?

Thanks in advance,

Luciano 

[Dimitry Sibiryakov]

Luciano Rodrigues Nunes Mendes wrote 05.07.2026 15:07:
> Besides the `libicu76` and `libtommath1` packages, does Firebird 5.0 require any other packages to be pre-installed on the system?

No, AFAIR.

> Do you have any plans to generate `.deb` packages instead of using `install.sh`?

Linux zoo is too wild so providing of distro-specific packages is up to the
distro's authors.

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WBR, SD.

[Luciano Rodrigues Nunes Mendes]

Em dom., 5 de jul. de 2026, 10:12, 'Dimitry Sibiryakov' via firebird-support <firebird...@googlegroups.com> escreveu:

Luciano Rodrigues Nunes Mendes wrote 05.07.2026 15:07:
> Besides the `libicu76` and `libtommath1` packages, does Firebird 5.0 require any other packages to be pre-installed on the system?

   No, AFAIR.

Thank you very much for the confirmation, Dimitry!

> Do you have any plans to generate `.deb` packages instead of using `install.sh`?

   Linux zoo is too wild so providing of distro-specific packages is up to the
distro's authors.

I think that for this Linux zoo, we should have at least one .deb package for the king of beasts: Debian! (I'm just kidding! The install.sh is enough for me :)

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[Hamish Moffatt]

On 5/7/26 23:49, Luciano Rodrigues Nunes Mendes wrote:
>
> I think that for this Linux zoo, we should have at least one .deb
> package for the king of beasts: Debian! (I'm just kidding! The
> install.sh is enough for me :)
>

Be warned, the install.sh script can't do upgrades and will overwrite
your config and security database - see
https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/issues/8116

I wrote an ansible role to install/upgrade Firebird 5 on Debian for me.

Even Debian unstable unfortunately still does not have Firebird 5.


Hamish

[Luciano Rodrigues Nunes Mendes]

Em dom., 5 de jul. de 2026 às 23:02, 'Hamish Moffatt' via firebird-support <firebird...@googlegroups.com> escreveu:

On 5/7/26 23:49, Luciano Rodrigues Nunes Mendes wrote:
>
> I think that for this Linux zoo, we should have at least one .deb
> package for the king of beasts: Debian! (I'm just kidding! The
> install.sh is enough for me :)
>
Be warned, the install.sh script can't do upgrades and will overwrite
your config and security database - see
https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/issues/8116

I wrote an ansible role to install/upgrade Firebird 5 on Debian for me.

Exactly. The install.sh command overwrites the entire previous installation. I also created a shell script to reconfigure everything again (firebird.conf, databases.conf, users, etc.). 

Even Debian unstable unfortunately still does not have Firebird 5.

:( 

Hamish

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