You can try the tar.gz installer Download the binary from
http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-3-0-0-alpha2/ In my case 64-bit Kits http://web.firebirdsql.org/download/prerelease/linux_x64/Firebird-3.0.0.30809-Alpha2.amd64.tar.gz tar -zxvf Firebird-3.0.0.30809-Alpha2.amd64.tar.gz Then run the installer inside sudo ./install.sh Firebird 3.0.0.30809-Alpha2.amd64 Installation Press Enter to start installation or ^C to abort Extracting install data Archiving... ./usr/include/iberror.h ./usr/include/ib_util.h ./usr/include/ibase.h usr/lib/libib_util.so usr/lib/libfbclient.so usr/lib/libfbclient.so.2 usr/lib/libfbclient.so.3.0.0 Done. Deleting... Done. update-rc.d: warning: start runlevel arguments (2 3 5) do not match firebird Default-Start values (2 3 4 5) Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/firebird ... /etc/rc0.d/K20firebird -> ../init.d/firebird /etc/rc1.d/K20firebird -> ../init.d/firebird /etc/rc6.d/K20firebird -> ../init.d/firebird /etc/rc2.d/S14firebird -> ../init.d/firebird /etc/rc3.d/S14firebird -> ../init.d/firebird /etc/rc5.d/S14firebird -> ../init.d/firebird Please enter new password for SYSDBA user: masterkey Starting Firebird server: Install completed and then it seems that firebird is started you can check with ps axxu ps axuu | grep firebird firebird 20918 0.0 0.0 28988 944 ? S 18:55 0:00 /opt/firebird/bin/fbguard -pidfile /var/run/firebird/firebird.pid -daemon -forever firebird 20919 0.0 0.1 170764 6728 ? Sl 18:55 0:00 /opt/firebird/bin/firebird Then might need to enable old legacy auth in firebird.conf
