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MacOSX

Paul Beach

Installation on MacOSX is extremely simple:

1. As SU, download the compressed pkg kit to a convenient location and decompress it.
2. Click on the pkg file to kick off the installation.
3. Follow the instructions (choose disk, enter SU password) and you are done.

Uninstalling on MacOSX

MacOSX has no uninstall utility but the following script will clean up Firebird installs on Leopard. It should work on Tiger as well.

 #!/bin/sh
 echo "Clean Services"
 echo "Clean User"
 dscl localhost -delete /Local/Default/Users/firebird
 echo "Clean Group"
 dscl localhost -delete /Local/Default/Groups/firebird
 if [ -f "/Library/StartupItems/Firebird" ]; then
 echo "Remove SuperServer StartupItem"
 rm -fr /Library/StartupItems/Firebird
 fi
 if [ -f "/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.firebird.gds.plist" ]; then
 echo "Remove Launchd"
 launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.firebird.gds.plist
 rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.firebird.gds.plist
 fi
 echo "Remove Framework"
 rm -fr /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework
 echo "Remove Receipt"
 rm -fr /Library/Receipts/Firebird*.pkg 

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