ReadMe - Ruby extension for FrontBase 3.x

Package Content

This package contains two modules:

  • The extension library to access a FrontBase database from Ruby.
  • The implementation of the ruby-dbi driver for the FrontBase data base.

    • The distribution contains the following files:

     
    
  ruby-frontbase/dbd_frontbase/FrontBase.rb
  ruby-frontbase/dbd_frontbase/README
  ruby-frontbase/extconf.rb
  ruby-frontbase/frontbase.c
  ruby-frontbase/Makefile
  ruby-frontbase/README

    Requirements

    
  Ruby 1.3.4 or later.
  FrontBase 3.x installed.

    To install and build Ruby with FrontBase

    Extension library:

     
    
    Follow the instructions below to compile and install:

        cd ruby-frontbase
        ruby extconf.rb
        make
        su              (if necessary)
        make install

    Ruby-dbi driver:

     
    
    A bit of configuration is needed to move the driver to the
    ruby-dbi-all package. 

        cp -r ruby-frontbase/dbd_frontbase ruby-dbi-all/lib/
        cd ruby-dbi-all
    
        cat >> lib/PATHCONV
        dbd_frontbase dbd_frontbase DBD/FrontBase
        CTRL-D

    Install like every DBD.
    
        ruby setup.rb config --with=dbd_frontbase
        ruby setup.rb setup
        sudo ruby setup.rb install

    Ruby is now ready to use with FrontBase.