InterBasis v2.0: BETATEST Download and Installation  

InterBasis v2.0 is now available for SPARC Solaris and Linux x86! Please complete the Beta Test Site Agreement and return it to BSn by surface mail or fax (+49 89 692-8150). In turn you will get access to download your Beta Test copy.

Installation for Solaris SPARC v2.5/2.6

  1. Download your Beta Test copy
  2. The Software is distributed as both Solaris Package and gzip'ed tar file. This section describes installation from a package. After download you have to unpack it with gzip (65536 bytes)
  3. You must be root to install software packages.
  4. Install the package using Admintool (add Software).
  5. By default the package will be installed in /opt/BSN

Installation for Unix ( Solaris SPARC v2.5/2.6 and Linux x86)

  1. Download your Beta Test copy
  2. The Software is distributed as gzip'ed tar file. After download you have to unpack it with gzip (65536 bytes)
  3. interBasis v.20 must(!) be installed in /opt/BSN/
    You will need to have write access in /opt resp. /opt/BSN.
    A symbolic link like this:
    ln -s /bigpartition/application /opt/BSN
     will also work.
  4. change dir to /opt/BSN:
    cd /opt/BSN
  5. Unzip the downloaded tar file:
    tar xvf interbasistarfile
    where interbasistarfile stands for path/filename of the downloaded tar file.

Configuration of WWW-Server's CGI-Interface

  1. Define /opt/BSN/cgi-bin as cgi-bin directory in in your WWW-server's configuration
  2. Define this HTTP methods at your WWW-server: GET and POST:
    Method URL Unix filesystem directory
    GET/cgi-bin/opt/BSN/cgi-bin/
    POST/cgi-bin/opt/BSN/cgi-bin/
  3. Restart your WWW-server.
  4. Test your CGI configuration by using a ordinary WWW browser. Load this URL:
    http://servername[:port]/cgi-bin/test-cgi
    You should get a page like this: 
    CGI/1.0 test script report:

argc is 0. argv is .
    THIS = /opt/BSN/cgi-bin/test-cgi
    Environment
----------
AUTH_TYPE=Basic
CONTENT_LENGTH=
CONTENT_TYPE=
GATEWAY_INTERFACE=CGI/1.1
HTTP_ACCEPT=image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, */*
HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL=Max-age=259200
...

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