Error connecting to Firebird 3, component TIBConnection AlmaLinux 9.1

[automacaosamos]

Dear community, I am having problems trying to connect to firebird, I am using Lazarus V2.2.0 with the TIBConnection component, but when I connect it sends me the message:
Can not load default Firebird clients ("libfbclient.so.2.5.1" or "libgds.so" or "libfbembed.so.2.5"). Check your installation.

 I am using AlmaLinux  9.1  Lazarus V2.2.0 Cross Compiler.

I tried to create the link but it didn't work

sudo ls -l libfbclient.so.3.0.10 libfbclient.so.2.5.1

can anyone help? thanks

[Bogen85]

Dear community, I am having problems trying to connect to firebird, I am using Lazarus V2.2.0 with the TIBConnection component, but when I connect it sends me the message:
Can not load default Firebird clients ("libfbclient.so.2.5.1" or "libgds.so" or "libfbembed.so.2.5"). Check your installation.

I am using AlmaLinux  9.1  Lazarus V2.2.0 Cross Compiler.

I tried to create the link but it didn't work

sudo ls -l libfbclient.so.3.0.10 libfbclient.so.2.5.1

can anyone help? thanks

Version 3 and 2.5??

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1. $ rpm -ql libfbclient2 | fgrep .so
2. /usr/lib64/libfbclient.so.2
3. /usr/lib64/libfbclient.so.4.0.0
4.  
5. $ rpm -ql libfbclient2-devel | fgrep .so
6. /usr/lib64/libfbclient.so
7.  
8. $ cat /etc/os-release  | egrep '(NAME|VERSION)' | head -n2
9. NAME="AlmaLinux"
10. VERSION="9.1 (Lime Lynx)"
11.  

[automacaosamos]

I'm using Firebird 3.0.10 64Bits,

Thanks for answering.

[Bogen85]

I'm using Firebird 3.0.10 64Bits,

Via what package/repo?

[automacaosamos]

installed via package downloaded from firebirdsql.org: Firebird-3.0.10.33601-0.amd64.tar.gz

[root@host54-245 apisamos]# find / -name libfbclient* -print                                                           
/usr/lib64/libfbclient.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfbclient.so
/usr/lib64/libfbclient.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib64/libfbclient.so.3.0.10
/opt/firebird/lib/libfbclient.so.2
/opt/firebird/lib/libfbclient.so
/opt/firebird/lib/libfbclient.so.3.0.10

I ran the given commands, but the error persists:

Can not load default Firebird clients ("libfbclient.so.2.5.1" or "libgds.so" or "libfbembed.so.2.5"). Check your installation.

[Bogen85]

installed via package downloaded from firebirdsql.org: Firebird-3.0.10.33601-0.amd64.tar.gz

so, as far as your firebird install goes, it is not an AlmaLinux 9.1 package issue.

[automacaosamos]

sorry I did not understand...

[Bogen85]

sorry I did not understand...

Because you went outside of package management to install it.

installed via package downloaded from firebirdsql.org: Firebird-3.0.10.33601-0.amd64.tar.gz

so, as far as your firebird install goes, it is not an AlmaLinux 9.1 package issue.

The firebird client exists through normal package install methods on AlmaLinux 9.1

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1. $ dnf search libfbclient
2. Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:12 ago on Wed 15 Feb 2023 05:13:54 PM CST.
3. ===================================================== Name Matched: libfbclient ======================================================
4. libfbclient2.x86_64 : Firebird SQL server client library
5. libfbclient2-devel.x86_64 : Development libraries and headers for Firebird SQL server
6.  
7. $ dnf info libfbclient2
8. Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:17 ago on Wed 15 Feb 2023 05:13:54 PM CST.
9. Installed Packages
10. Name         : libfbclient2
11. Version      : 4.0.0.2496
12. Release      : 2.el9
13. Architecture : x86_64
14. Size         : 3.2 M
15. Source       : firebird-4.0.0.2496-2.el9.src.rpm
16. Repository   : @System
17. From repo    : epel
18. Summary      : Firebird SQL server client library
19. URL          : http://www.firebirdsql.org/
20. License      : Interbase
21. Description  : Shared client library for Firebird SQL server.
22.              :
23.              : Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard
24.              : features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms.
25.              : Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful
26.              : language support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used
27.              : in production systems, under a variety of names, since 1981

But you went outside of regular package management and installed a non AlmaLinux 9.1 package your self (bypassing package management).

Which is why I said your firebird install is not an AlmaLinux 9.1 package issue, so you the issue you are running into is just a general Linux issue, not related to AlmaLinux 9.1.

Primarily saying this because many who might be able to look into a free pascal related on some distro might not interested into bypassing package management for their distro to help troubleshoot the problem on their own system.

[automacaosamos]

Got it, I'll try via package management, thanks for the help.

[korba812]

Dear community, I am having problems trying to connect to firebird, I am using Lazarus V2.2.0 with the TIBConnection component, but when I connect it sends me the message:
Can not load default Firebird clients ("libfbclient.so.2.5.1" or "libgds.so" or "libfbembed.so.2.5"). Check your installation.

You should initialize the FireBird client library with appropriate library name.
Put this code at the beginning of your program (before connecting to the database):

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1. InitialiseIBase60('/usr/lib64/libfbclient.so.3.0.10');

and add "ibase60dyn" unit to "uses" section.

[automacaosamos]

perfect, it worked, thank you very much….