[solved] Lost in Flamrobin's versions
lazarus / 16-Databases

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Nicole · 2025-06-09 11:30

I have a fresh Linux Mint 22.10 VM.
There is running Firbird 5 since several minutes (at least I hope so).
What I cannot bring to work: Flamerobin.
There is chaos in versions and links and operating systems.

I tried the "Aplha 2", which seems to have translated to a 0.9.13,
which cannot be installed, because it wants any widget which is
depreciated on Ubunto.

Can anybody recommend me a Flamerobin Link, which will work for me?

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dogriz · 2025-06-09 12:00

It's best to get the source code from
https://github.com/mariuz/flamerobin/releases (current version 0.9.14)
and build it yourself. Needed packages for linux and build process is
provided in BUILD.txt file.

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Nicole · 2025-06-11 13:07

Thanks, I did.

The other threads says, Flamerobin works with Firebird 5, which is
installed already.

But how to?
I read
"
[100%] Linking CXX executable flamerobin
/usr/bin/ld: -lfbclient kann nicht gefunden werden: Datei oder
Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/flamerobin.dir/build.make:2002: flamerobin]
Fehler 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:111: CMakeFiles/flamerobin.dir/all]
Fehler 2
make: *** [Makefile:136: all] Fehler 2

"

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paweld · 2025-06-11 13:38

Try HeidiSQL - it has now been ported to Lazarus and works on Linux:
https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,71037.0.html

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Nicole · 2025-06-11 13:55

Years ago, I tried it and was not too happy.
Flamerobin I know since years and would prefer to work on with it,
because I know its limits already.

To my mind there is a problem with my Firebird 5 installation. I was
suspisious, how it can be that easy. It was the first software I
installed under Linux in my life. Probably there are paths, which I
shall write anywhere or files to copy or libraries to link.
Unfortunately I have no idea.  :'(

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rvk · 2025-06-11 13:55

Quote from: Nicole on June 09, 2025, 01:30:01 pmCan anybody recommend
me a Flamerobin Link, which will work for me?
It says: "Note: please try our new .deb installer and report any bug"

So... just try the .deb file at
https://github.com/mariuz/flamerobin/releases
(click assets to see the downloads)

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Nicole · 2025-06-11 14:08

Thank you for your reply, - but pls slowly for dummies.

I clicked your link and (as a dumb window user until last week), I
cannot find anything to download.

Clueless I clicked the tab saying "code" and downloaded a zip file.
This I unpacked within my Linux VM and could not find a deb-file. My
search could not find it neither. This may not mean too much, perhaps
we both searched wrongly.

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rvk · 2025-06-11 14:10

Quote from: Nicole on June 11, 2025, 04:08:00 pmI clicked your link
and (as a dumb window user until last week), I cannot find anything to
download.
Like I already said... you can click "Assets" to see all the
downloads.
Like the image below.

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Nicole · 2025-06-11 16:03

I searched, I scrolled, I tried again. I cannot find any assets.
Attached the screenshot of what I see.

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rvk · 2025-06-11 16:07

Quote from: Nicole on June 11, 2025, 06:03:19 pmI searched, I
scrolled, I tried again. I cannot find any assets.
Attached the screenshot of what I see.
At the right you see Releases. Click that.
You didn't follow MY link:
https://github.com/mariuz/flamerobin/releases
Then you get into that page directly.

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Nicole · 2025-06-11 17:11

*.deb found and installed!
Worked at once.

Thank you so much.