diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/install.sh.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/install.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..909fd75c6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/install.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#  This library is part of the FirebirdSQL project
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the Licence at
+#  http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
+#  
+#  As a special exception this file can also be included in modules
+#  with other source code as long as that source code has been 
+#  released under an Open Source Initiative certificed licence.  
+#  More information about OSI certification can be found at: 
+#  http://www.opensource.org 
+#  
+#  This module is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU Lesser General Public Licence for more details.
+#  
+#  This module was created by members of the firebird development 
+#  team.  All individual contributions remain the Copyright (C) of 
+#  those individuals and all rights are reserved.  Contributors to 
+#  this file are either listed below or can be obtained from a CVS 
+#  history command.
+# 
+#   Created by:  Mark O'Donohue <mark.odonohue@ludwig.edu.au>
+# 
+#   Contributor(s):
+#  
+# 
+#   $Id: install.sh.in,v 1.1 2002-11-11 05:56:38 skywalker Exp $
+# 
+#
+# Script to install files from the build/transport area
+
+# A little bit of tidying up of some odd files not in the original build
+# These files will exist in the CVS tree.  
+# If this is a tar.gz install rather than the result of a build then
+# We assume the files have already been copied here manually.
+
+    if  [ -z "$FirebirdInstallPrefix" ]
+       then
+        FirebirdInstallPrefix=@prefix@
+    fi
+
+    if  [ -z "$FirebirdBuildPrefix" ]
+       then
+        FirebirdBuildPrefix="."
+    fi
+
+    BuildDir=$FirebirdBuildPrefix/firebird
+    DestDir=$FirebirdInstallPrefix
+
+
+#  I think this is done as part of the build now.
+#    if [ -z "$InteractiveInstall" ] 
+#      then
+#        ScriptsSrcDir=src/install/linux
+#        cp $ScriptsSrcDir/misc/README $BuildDir
+#    fi
+
+# The guts of the tranfer of files to /opt and other directories
+
+    if [ -d $DestDir ] 
+      then 
+        rm -rf $DestDir 
+    fi 
+    mkdir $DestDir 
+    mkdir $DestDir/bin 
+    mkdir $DestDir/examples 
+    mkdir $DestDir/help 
+    mkdir $DestDir/include 
+    mkdir $DestDir/intl 
+    mkdir $DestDir/lib 
+    mkdir $DestDir/doc 
+    mkdir $DestDir/UDF 
+    mkdir $DestDir/misc
+
+    cp -f $BuildDir/bin/fb_inet_server $DestDir/bin/fb_inet_server 
+
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gbak $DestDir/bin/gbak 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gdef $DestDir/bin/gdef 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gds_lock_print $DestDir/bin/gds_lock_print 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gds_drop $DestDir/bin/gds_drop 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gds_lock_mgr $DestDir/bin/gds_lock_mgr 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gds_pipe $DestDir/bin/gds_pipe 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gfix $DestDir/bin/gfix 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gpre $DestDir/bin/gpre 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gsec $DestDir/bin/gsec 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gsplit $DestDir/bin/gsplit 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gstat $DestDir/bin/gstat 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/isc4.gbak $DestDir/bin/isc4.gbak 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/isql $DestDir/bin/isql 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/qli $DestDir/bin/qli 
+
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/CSchangeRunUser.sh $DestDir/bin
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/CSrestoreRootRunUser.sh $DestDir/bin
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/changeDBAPassword.sh $DestDir/bin
+
+    cp $BuildDir/examples/v5/*.[ceh] $DestDir/examples 
+    cp $BuildDir/examples/v5/*.sql $DestDir/examples 
+    cp $BuildDir/examples/v5/*.gbk $DestDir/examples 
+    cp $BuildDir/examples/v5/*.gdb $DestDir/examples 
+    cp $BuildDir/examples/v5/makefile $DestDir/examples 
+    cp $BuildDir/help/help.gbak $DestDir/help 
+    cp $BuildDir/help/help.gdb $DestDir/help 
+    #cp -r $BuildDir/doc $DestDir 
+    cp $BuildDir/firebird.msg $DestDir/firebird.msg 
+    cp $BuildDir/isc4.gdb $DestDir/isc4.gdb 
+    #cp $BuildDir/isc_config $DestDir/isc_config
+
+    cp -f $BuildDir/include/gds.h /usr/include/gds.h 
+    cp -f $BuildDir/include/iberror.h /usr/include/iberror.h 
+    cp -f $BuildDir/include/ibase.h /usr/include/ibase.h 
+    cp -f $BuildDir/include/ib_util.h /usr/include/ib_util.h 
+
+    cp -f $BuildDir/misc/firebird.conf /etc/firebird.conf
+
+#    cp $BuildDir/include/gds.f $DestDir/include 
+#    cp $BuildDir/include/gds.hxx $DestDir/include 
+    cp $BuildDir/include/*.h $DestDir/include 
+
+
+    cp -f $BuildDir/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@ /usr/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@
+    if [ -L /usr/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_LNK@ ]
+      then
+        rm -f /usr/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_LNK@
+    fi
+    ln -s @FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@  /usr/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_LNK@
+
+
+    if [ -L /usr/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_X_LNK@ ]
+      then
+        rm -f /usr/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_X_LNK@
+    fi
+    ln -s @FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@  /usr/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_X_LNK@
+
+#    cp -f $BuildDir/lib/gds.a /usr/lib/libgds.a 
+    cp -f $BuildDir/lib/ib_util.so /usr/lib/libib_util.so 
+
+
+    cp $BuildDir/intl/libfbintl.so $DestDir/intl/fbintl
+    cp $BuildDir/UDF/ib_udf.so $DestDir/UDF/
+
+#    cp $BuildDir/README $DestDir/README
+
+    cp $BuildDir/misc/firebird.xinetd $DestDir/misc/firebird.xinetd
+
diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/makeInstallImage.sh.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/makeInstallImage.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..89a0d63923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/makeInstallImage.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#  This library is part of the FirebirdSQL project
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the Licence at
+#  http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
+#  
+#  As a special exception this file can also be included in modules
+#  with other source code as long as that source code has been 
+#  released under an Open Source Initiative certificed licence.  
+#  More information about OSI certification can be found at: 
+#  http://www.opensource.org 
+#  
+#  This module is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU Lesser General Public Licence for more details.
+#  
+#  This module was created by members of the firebird development 
+#  team.  All individual contributions remain the Copyright (C) of 
+#  those individuals and all rights are reserved.  Contributors to 
+#  this file are either listed below or can be obtained from a CVS 
+#  history command.
+# 
+#   Created by:  Mark O'Donohue <mark.odonohue@ludwig.edu.au>
+# 
+#   Contributor(s):
+#  
+# 
+#   $Id: makeInstallImage.sh.in,v 1.1 2002-11-11 05:56:38 skywalker Exp $
+# 
+
+# Script to copy install files from the build/transport area
+
+BuildSrcDir=firebird/install/linux
+
+BuildDir=./firebird
+
+
+TargetDir=buildroot
+
+RealRootDir=@prefix@
+FBRootDir=${RealRootDir#/}   # strip off leading / 
+DestDir=$TargetDir/$FBRootDir
+
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  copyFiles
+# This function copies all the files for a classic distribution into a
+# directory heirachy mirroring the installation.
+
+copyFiles() {
+# The guts of the tranfer of files and other directories
+
+    if [ -d $TargetDir ]
+      then 
+        rm -fr $TargetDir
+    fi 
+    mkdir -p $DestDir 
+    mkdir $DestDir/bin 
+    mkdir $DestDir/examples 
+    mkdir $DestDir/help 
+    mkdir $DestDir/include 
+    mkdir $DestDir/intl 
+    mkdir $DestDir/lib
+    mkdir $DestDir/doc 
+    mkdir $DestDir/UDF 
+    mkdir $DestDir/misc
+    mkdir $TargetDir/etc 
+#    mkdir $TargetDir/etc/init.d
+#    mkdir $TargetDir/var
+#    mkdir $TargetDir/var/adm
+#    mkdir $TargetDir/var/adm/fillup-templates
+
+#    mkdir -p $TargetDir/usr/sbin
+    mkdir -p $TargetDir/usr/lib
+    mkdir -p $TargetDir/usr/include
+
+    cp -f $BuildDir/bin/fb_inet_server $DestDir/bin/fb_inet_server 
+
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gbak $DestDir/bin/gbak 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gdef $DestDir/bin/gdef 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gds_lock_print $DestDir/bin/gds_lock_print 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gds_drop $DestDir/bin/gds_drop 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/fb_lock_mgr $DestDir/bin/fb_lock_mgr 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gds_pipe $DestDir/bin/gds_pipe 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gfix $DestDir/bin/gfix 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gpre $DestDir/bin/gpre 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gsec $DestDir/bin/gsec 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gsplit $DestDir/bin/gsplit 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/gstat $DestDir/bin/gstat 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/isc4.gbak $DestDir/bin/isc4.gbak 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/isql $DestDir/bin/isql 
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/qli $DestDir/bin/qli 
+
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/CSchangeRunUser.sh $DestDir/bin
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/CSrestoreRootRunUser.sh $DestDir/bin
+    cp $BuildDir/bin/changeDBAPassword.sh $DestDir/bin
+
+    cp $BuildDir/examples/v5/*.[ceh] $DestDir/examples 
+    cp $BuildDir/examples/v5/*.sql $DestDir/examples 
+    cp $BuildDir/examples/v5/*.gbk $DestDir/examples 
+    cp $BuildDir/examples/v5/*.gdb $DestDir/examples 
+    cp $BuildDir/examples/v5/makefile $DestDir/examples 
+    cp $BuildDir/help/help.gbak $DestDir/help 
+    cp $BuildDir/help/help.gdb $DestDir/help 
+
+    #cp -r $BuildSrcDir/doc $DestDir 
+    #cp -r $BuildDir/doc $DestDir 
+
+    cp $BuildDir/firebird.msg $DestDir/firebird.msg 
+    cp $BuildDir/isc4.gdb $DestDir/isc4.gdb 
+
+
+#    cp $BuildDir/include/gds.f $DestDir/include 
+#    cp $BuildDir/include/gds.hxx $DestDir/include 
+    cp $BuildDir/include/*.h $DestDir/include 
+
+
+    cp -f $BuildDir/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@ $DestDir/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@
+    ln -s @FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@  $DestDir/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_LNK@
+    ln -s @FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@  $DestDir/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_X_LNK@
+
+#    cp -f $BuildDir/lib/gds.a /usr/lib/libgds.a 
+    cp -f $BuildDir/lib/ib_util.so $DestDir/lib/libib_util.so 
+
+
+    cp $BuildDir/intl/libfbintl.so $DestDir/intl/fbintl
+    cp $BuildDir/UDF/ib_udf.so $DestDir/UDF/
+    cp $BuildDir/UDF/fb_udf.so $DestDir/UDF/
+
+#    cp $BuildDir/README $DestDir/README
+
+    cp $BuildDir/misc/firebird.xinetd $DestDir/misc/firebird.xinetd
+    cp $BuildDir/misc/firebird.conf $DestDir/misc/firebird.conf
+
+
+# Create links from /usr/lib to install area.
+
+    ln -s ../../$FBRootDir/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@ $TargetDir/usr/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@
+    ln -s ../../$FBRootDir/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_LNK@ $TargetDir/usr/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_LNK@
+    ln -s ../../$FBRootDir/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_X_LNK@ $TargetDir/usr/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_X_LNK@
+    ln -s ../../$FBRootDir/lib/libgds.a $TargetDir/usr/lib/libgds.a
+    ln -s ../../$FBRootDir/lib/libib_util.so $TargetDir/usr/lib/libib_util.so
+
+
+    # These two links are required for compatibility with existing ib programs
+    # If the program had been linked with libgds.so then this link is required
+    # to ensure it loads the fb equivalent.  Eventually these should be 
+    # optional and in a seperate rpm install.  MOD 7-Nov-2002.
+
+    ln -s ../../$FBRootDir/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@ $TargetDir/usr/lib/libgds.so
+    ln -s ../../$FBRootDir/lib/@FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO_X_LNK@ $TargetDir/usr/lib/libgds.so.1
+
+# link include files to /usr/include 
+	for i in gds.h iberror.h ibase.h ib_util.h
+	   do
+		   ln -s ../../$FBRootDir/include/$i $TargetDir/usr/include/$i
+	   done
+
+    (cd $DestDir; touch firebird.log;)
+
+#     chmod u=rw,go= firebird.log)
+#    (cd $DestDir; chmod uga+rw examples/*.gdb)
+
+#    chown -R root:root $TargetDir
+    
+}
+
+
+
+#=== MAIN ====================================================================
+
+
+copyFiles
diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/postinstall.sh.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/postinstall.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d6ee922e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/postinstall.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,682 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#  This library is part of the FirebirdSQL project
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the Licence at
+#  http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
+#  
+#  As a special exception this file can also be included in modules
+#  with other source code as long as that source code has been 
+#  released under an Open Source Initiative certificed licence.  
+#  More information about OSI certification can be found at: 
+#  http://www.opensource.org 
+#  
+#  This module is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU Lesser General Public Licence for more details.
+#  
+#  This module was created by members of the firebird development 
+#  team.  All individual contributions remain the Copyright (C) of 
+#  those individuals and all rights are reserved.  Contributors to 
+#  this file are either listed below or can be obtained from a CVS 
+#  history command.
+# 
+#   Created by:  Mark O'Donohue <mark.odonohue@ludwig.edu.au>
+# 
+#   Contributor(s):
+#  
+# 
+#   $Id: postinstall.sh.in,v 1.1 2002-11-11 05:56:38 skywalker Exp $
+# 
+
+# The post install script for Firebird Classic
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Prompt for response, store result in Answer
+
+Answer=""
+
+AskQuestion() {
+    Test=$1
+    DefaultAns=$2
+    echo -n "${1}"
+    Answer="$DefaultAns"
+    read Answer
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# add a service line in the (usually) /etc/services or /etc/inetd.conf file
+# Here there are three cases, not found         => add service line,
+#                             found & different => ask user to check
+#                             found & same      => do nothing
+#                             
+
+replaceLineInFile() {
+    FileName=$1
+    newLine=$2
+    oldLine=$3
+
+    if [ -z "$oldLine" ] 
+      then
+        echo "$newLine" >> $FileName
+
+    elif [ "$oldLine" != "$newLine"  ]
+      then
+        echo ""
+        echo "--- Warning ----------------------------------------------"
+        echo ""
+        echo "    In file $FileName found line: "
+        echo "    $oldLine"
+        echo "    Which differs from the expected line:"
+        echo "    $newLine"
+        echo ""
+
+#        AskQuestion "Press return to update file or ^C to abort install"
+
+        cat $FileName | grep -v "$oldLine" > ${FileName}.tmp
+        mv ${FileName}.tmp $FileName
+        echo "$newLine" >> $FileName
+        echo "Updated."
+
+    fi
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Add new user and group
+
+
+addFirebirdUser() {
+
+    testStr=`grep firebird /etc/group`
+
+    if [ -z "$testStr" ]
+      then
+        groupadd -g 84 -o -r firebird
+    fi
+
+    testStr=`grep firebird /etc/passwd`
+    if [ -z "$testDir" ]
+      then
+        useradd -o -r -m -d $FBRootDir -s /bin/bash \
+            -c "Firebird Database Administrator" -g firebird -u 84 firebird 
+
+        # >/dev/null 2>&1 
+    fi
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Delete new user and group
+
+
+deleteFirebirdUser() {
+
+    userdel firebird
+ #   groupdel firebird
+
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  changeXinetdServiceUser
+#  Change the run user of the xinetd service
+#  ex is used in place of ed, since at least on one mandrake release ed
+#  was not installed, but ex seems to always be installed MOD 7-Nov-2002
+
+changeXinetdServiceUser() {
+
+    InitFile=/etc/xinetd.d/firebird
+    if [ -f $InitFile ] 
+      then
+        ex -s $InitFile <<EOF
+/	user	/s/=.*\$/= $RunUser/g
+w
+q
+EOF
+    fi
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Update inetd service entry
+#  This just adds/replaces the service entry line
+
+updateInetdEntry() {
+
+    FileName=/etc/inetd.conf
+    newLine="gds_db  stream  tcp     nowait.30000      $RunUser $FBBin/fb_inet_server gds_inet_server # InterBase Database Remote Server"
+    oldLine=`grep "^gds_db" $FileName`
+
+    replaceLineInFile "$FileName" "$newLine" "$oldLine"
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Update xinetd service entry
+
+updateXinetdEntry() {
+
+    InitFile=/etc/xinetd.d/firebird
+    cp $FBRootDir/misc/firebird.xinetd $InitFile
+    chown root:root $InitFile
+    chmod o=rw,go=r $InitFile
+    changeXinetdServiceUser
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Update inetd service entry 
+#  Check to see if we have xinetd installed or plain inetd.  Install differs
+#  for each of them.
+
+updateInetdServiceEntry() {
+
+    if [ -d /etc/xinetd.d ] 
+      then
+        updateXinetdEntry
+    else
+        updateInetdEntry
+    fi
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Unable to generate the password for the rpm, so put out a message 
+#  instead
+
+
+keepOrigDBAPassword() {
+
+    DBAPasswordFile=$FBRootDir/SYSDBA.password
+    
+    NewPasswd='masterkey'
+    echo "Firebird initial install password " > $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "for user SYSDBA is : $NewPasswd" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+
+    echo "for install on `hostname` at time `date`" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "You should change this password at the earliest oportunity" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo ""
+
+    echo "(For superserver you will also want to check the password in the" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "daemon init routine in the file /etc/init.d/firebird)" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "Your should password can be changed to a more suitable one using the" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "@prefix@/bin/changeDBAPassword.sh script" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+
+    chmod u=r,go= $DBAPasswordFile
+
+
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Generate new sysdba password - this routine is used only in the 
+#  rpm file not in the install acript.
+
+
+generateNewDBAPassword() {
+
+    DBAPasswordFile=$FBRootDir/SYSDBA.password
+    
+    NewPasswd=`/usr/bin/mkpasswd -l 8`
+    if [ -z "$NewPasswd" ]
+      then
+        keepOrigDBAPassword
+        return
+    fi
+
+    echo "Firebird generated password " > $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "for user SYSDBA is : $NewPasswd" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "generated on `hostname` at time `date`" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "(For superserver you will also want to check the password in the" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "daemon init routine in the file /etc/rc.d/init.d/firebird)" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "Your password can be changed to a more suitable one using the" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "@prefix@/bin/changeDBAPassword.sh script" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    echo "" >> $DBAPasswordFile
+    chmod u=r,go= $DBAPasswordFile
+
+    $FBBin/gsec -user sysdba -password masterkey <<EOF
+modify sysdba -pw $NewPasswd
+EOF
+
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Change sysdba password - this routine is interactive and is only 
+#  used in the install shell script not the rpm one.
+
+
+askUserForNewDBAPassword() {
+
+    NewPasswd=""
+
+    while [ -z "$NewPasswd" ]
+      do
+# If using a generated password
+#         DBAPasswordFile=$FBRootDir/SYSDBA.password
+#         NewPasswd=`mkpasswd -l 8`
+#         echo "Password for SYSDBA on `hostname` is : $NewPasswd" > $DBAPasswordFile
+#         chmod ga-rwx $DBAPasswordFile
+
+          AskQuestion "Please enter new password for SYSDBA user: "
+          NewPasswd=$Answer
+          if [ ! -z "$NewPasswd" ]
+            then
+             $FBBin/gsec -user sysdba -password masterkey <<EOF
+modify sysdba -pw $NewPasswd
+EOF
+              echo ""
+          fi
+          
+      done
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Change sysdba password - this routine is interactive and is only 
+#  used in the install shell script not the rpm one.
+
+#  On some systems the mkpasswd program doesn't appear and on others
+#  there is another mkpasswd which does a different operation.  So if
+#  the specific one isn't available then keep the original password.
+
+
+changeDBAPassword() {
+
+    if [ -z "$InteractiveInstall" ]
+      then
+        if [ -f /usr/bin/mkpasswd ]
+            then
+              generateNewDBAPassword
+        else
+              keepOrigDBAPassword
+        fi
+      else
+        askUserForNewDBAPassword
+    fi
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  fixFilePermissions
+#  Change the permissions to restrict access to server programs to 
+#  firebird group only.  This is MUCH better from a saftey point of 
+#  view than installing as root user, even if it requires a little 
+#  more work.
+
+
+fixFilePermissions() {
+
+    # Turn other access off.
+    chmod -R o= $FBRootDir
+
+
+    # Now fix up the mess.
+
+    # fix up directories 
+    for i in `find $FBRootDir -print`
+    do
+        FileName=$i
+        if [ -d $FileName ]
+        then
+            chmod o=rx $FileName
+        fi
+    done
+
+
+    cd $FBBin
+
+
+    # set up the defaults for bin
+    for i in `ls`
+      do
+         chmod ug=rx,o=  $i
+    done
+
+    # User can run these programs, they need to talk to server though.
+    # and they cannot actually create a database.
+     
+
+    chmod a=rx isql 
+    chmod a=rx qli
+    
+    # SUID is still needed for group direct access.  General users
+    # cannot run though.
+    for i in fb_lock_mgr gds_drop fb_inet_server
+    do
+        chmod ug=rx,o= $i
+        chmod ug+s $i
+    done
+
+
+    cd $FBRootDir
+
+    # Fix lock files
+    for i in isc_init1 isc_lock1 isc_event1 
+      do
+        FileName=$i.`hostname`
+        chmod ug=rw,o= $FileName
+      done
+
+
+    chmod ug=rw,o= firebird.log
+
+    chmod a=r firebird.msg
+    chmod a=r README
+    chmod ug=rw,o= help/help.gdb
+    chmod ug=rw,o= isc4.gdb
+
+    # Set a default of read all files in includes
+
+	for i in include lib UDF intl misc
+	  do
+	      
+        cd $i
+        for j in `ls`
+          do
+            chmod a=r  $j
+          done
+
+        cd ..
+      done
+
+    # Set a default of read all files in examples
+
+    cd examples
+
+    for i in `ls`
+      do
+         chmod a=r  $i
+    done
+
+    # make examples db's writable by group
+    chmod ug=rw,o= *.gdb
+
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  fixFilePermissionsForRoot
+#  This sets the file permissions up to what you need if you are
+#  running the server as root user.  I hope to remove this mode
+#  of running before the next version, since it's security level
+#  is absolutely woeful.
+#  
+#  The main difference between fixFIlePermissionsRoot and fixFilePermissions
+#  is that non root assumes you must be a member of the group to access most 
+#  of the files, wheras root user install gives world writable permission to
+#  the installation.
+
+
+fixFilePermissionsRoot() {
+
+    # Turn other access off.
+    chmod -R o= $FBRootDir
+
+    # Now fix up the mess.
+
+    # fix up directories 
+    for i in `find $FBRootDir -print`
+    do
+        FileName=$i
+        if [ -d $FileName ]
+        then
+            chmod o=rx $FileName
+        fi
+    done
+
+
+    cd $FBBin
+
+
+    # set up the defaults for bin
+    for i in `ls`
+      do
+         chmod o=rx  $i
+    done
+
+    
+    # SUID is still needed for group direct access.  General users
+    # cannot run though.
+    for i in fb_lock_mgr gds_drop fb_inet_server
+    do
+        chmod ug+s $i
+    done
+
+
+    cd $FBRootDir
+
+    # Set a default of read all files in includes
+
+	for i in include lib UDF intl misc
+	  do
+	      
+        cd $i
+        for j in `ls`
+          do
+            chmod a=r  $j
+          done
+
+        cd ..
+      done
+
+    # Fix lock files
+    for i in isc_init1 isc_lock1 isc_event1 
+      do
+        FileName=$i.`hostname`
+        chmod a=rw $FileName
+      done
+
+
+    chmod a=rw firebird.log
+
+    chmod a=r firebird.msg
+    chmod a=r README
+    chmod a=rw help/help.gdb
+    chmod a=rw isc4.gdb
+
+
+    # Set a default of read all files in examples
+
+    cd examples
+
+    for i in `ls`
+      do
+         chmod a=r  $i
+    done
+
+    # make examples db's writable by group
+    chmod a=rw *.gdb
+
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# UpdateHostsDotEquivFile
+# The /etc/hosts.equiv file is needed to allow local access for super server
+# from processes on the machine to port 3050 on the local machine.
+# The two host names that are needed there are 
+# localhost.localdomain and whatever hostname returns.
+
+UpdateHostsDotEquivFile() {
+
+    hostEquivFile=/etc/hosts.equiv
+
+    if [ ! -f $hostEquivFile ]
+      then
+        touch $hostEquivFile
+        chown root:root $hostEquivFile
+        chmod u=rw,go=r $hostEquivFile
+    fi
+
+    newLine="localhost.localdomain"
+    oldLine=`grep "$newLine" $hostEquivFile`
+    replaceLineInFile "$hostEquivFile" "$newLine" "$oldLine"
+
+    newLine="`hostname`"
+    oldLine=`grep "$newLine" $hostEquivFile`
+    replaceLineInFile "$hostEquivFile" "$newLine" "$oldLine"
+    
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  buildUninstallFile
+#  This will work only for the .tar.gz install and it builds an
+#  uninstall shell script.  The RPM system takes care of it's own.
+
+
+buildUninstallFile() {
+
+    cd $origDir
+
+    if [ ! -f manifest.txt ]  # Only do this if we are a .tar.gz install
+      then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    cp manifest.txt $FBRootDir/misc
+
+    cp -r scripts $FBRootDir/misc/
+    cp scripts/tarMainUninstall.sh $FBRootDir/bin/uninstall.sh
+
+    if [ -f /var/run/xinetd.pid ]
+      then
+        kill -USR2 `cat /var/run/xinetd.pid`
+    fi
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# UpdateConfigFile
+# Ensure a configuration file /etc/firebird.conf exists.
+# save the original one if required.
+
+updateConfigFile() {
+
+    configFile=/etc/firebird.conf
+
+    if [ -f $configFile ]
+      then
+        ArchiveDateTag=`date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M"`
+        
+        saveConfigFile=$configFile.$ArchiveDateTag
+        echo "saving previous $configFile as $saveConfigFile"
+        cp $configFile $configFile.$ArchiveDateTag
+    fi
+
+    cp $FBRootDir/misc/firebird.conf $configFile
+    
+}
+
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  resetXinitdServer
+#  Check for both inetd and xinetd, only one will actually be running.
+#  depending upon your system.
+
+resetInetdServer() {
+
+    if [ -f /var/run/inetd.pid ]
+      then
+        kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid`
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f /var/run/xinetd.pid ]
+      then
+        kill -USR2 `cat /var/run/xinetd.pid`
+    fi
+}
+
+#= Main Post ===============================================================
+
+
+
+    # Make sure the links are in place 
+    if  [ -z "$FirebirdInstallPrefix" ]
+       then
+        FirebirdInstallPrefix=@prefix@
+    fi
+
+    origDir=`pwd`
+
+    FBRootDir=$FirebirdInstallPrefix
+    FBBin=$FBRootDir/bin
+    RunUser=root
+#    RunUser=firebird
+
+
+    # Update /etc/services
+
+    # The \n is needed, some /etc/services files are missing a trailing
+    # line feed - MOD 7-Nov-2002
+    FileName=/etc/services
+    newLine="\ngds_db          3050/tcp  # FirebirdSQL Database Remote Protocol\n"
+    oldLine=`grep "^gds_db" $FileName`
+    if [ -z "$oldLine" ]
+      then
+        echo $newLine >> $FileName
+    #    replaceLineInFile "$FileName" "$newLine" "$oldLine"
+    fi
+
+    UpdateHostsDotEquivFile
+
+    # add Firebird user
+    if [ $RunUser = "firebird" ]
+      then
+        addFirebirdUser
+    fi
+
+
+    # Create Lock files
+    cd $FBRootDir
+
+    for i in isc_init1 isc_lock1 isc_event1 
+      do
+        FileName=$i.`hostname`
+        touch $FileName
+      done
+
+    # Create log
+    touch firebird.log
+
+
+    # Update ownership and SUID bits for programs.
+    chown -R $RunUser.$RunUser $FBRootDir
+
+    if [ "$RunUser" = "root" ]
+      then
+        fixFilePermissionsRoot
+    else
+        fixFilePermissions
+    fi
+
+    updateConfigFile
+
+    buildUninstallFile
+
+    # Update the /etc/inetd.conf or xinetd entry
+    updateInetdServiceEntry
+
+
+    # Get inetd to reread new init files.
+    resetInetdServer
+
+
+    cd $FBRootDir
+    
+    # Change sysdba password
+    changeDBAPassword
+    #keepOrigDBAPassword
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/postuninstall.sh.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/postuninstall.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6e09c5bd0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/postuninstall.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#  This library is part of the FirebirdSQL project
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the Licence at
+#  http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
+#  
+#  As a special exception this file can also be included in modules
+#  with other source code as long as that source code has been 
+#  released under an Open Source Initiative certificed licence.  
+#  More information about OSI certification can be found at: 
+#  http://www.opensource.org 
+#  
+#  This module is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU Lesser General Public Licence for more details.
+#  
+#  This module was created by members of the firebird development 
+#  team.  All individual contributions remain the Copyright (C) of 
+#  those individuals and all rights are reserved.  Contributors to 
+#  this file are either listed below or can be obtained from a CVS 
+#  history command.
+# 
+#   Created by:  Mark O'Donohue <mark.odonohue@ludwig.edu.au>
+# 
+#   Contributor(s):
+#  
+# 
+#   $Id: postuninstall.sh.in,v 1.1 2002-11-11 05:56:38 skywalker Exp $
+# 
+
+# The post uninstall routine for Firebird Classic.
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# remove line from config file if it exists in it.
+
+removeLineFromFile() {
+    FileName=$1
+    oldLine=$2
+
+    if [ ! -z "$oldLine" ] 
+      then
+        cat $FileName | grep -v "$oldLine" > ${FileName}.tmp
+        mv ${FileName}.tmp $FileName
+        echo "Updated."
+
+    fi
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# remove the xinetd config file and restart the service
+
+removeXInetDService() {
+
+    if [ -f /etc/xinetd.d/firebird ] 
+      then
+        rm -f /etc/xinetd.d/firebird
+    fi
+
+
+    if [ -f /var/run/xinetd.pid ]
+      then
+        kill -USR2 `cat /var/run/xinetd.pid`
+    fi
+    
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# remove the inetd file and restart the service.
+
+removeInetDService() {
+    # Next, lose the gds_db line from /etc/inetd.conf
+
+    FileName=/etc/inetd.conf
+    oldLine=`grep "^gds_db" $FileName`
+    removeLineFromFile "$FileName" "$oldLine"
+
+    # Get inetd to reread new inetd.conf file
+    
+    if [ -f /var/run/inetd.pid ]
+      then
+        kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid`
+    fi
+}
+
+
+#= Main PostUn ============================================================
+
+# I don't think this is needed anymore.
+#    if [ -L /usr/lib/libgds.so ] 
+#      then 
+#        rm /usr/lib/libgds.so 
+#    fi 
+
+    if [ "$1"=0 ] 
+      then 
+
+        # Lose the gds_db line from /etc/services 
+        # Leave it there, it was probably there already and does no
+        # harm. MOD 7-Nov-2002
+
+        #FileName=/etc/services
+        #oldLine=`grep "^gds_db" $FileName`
+        #removeLineFromFile "$FileName" "$oldLine"
+
+        
+        if [ -d /etc/xinetd.d ]
+          then
+            removeXInetDService
+        elif [ -f /etc/inetd.d ]
+          then
+            removeInetDService
+        fi
+
+    fi
diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/preinstall.sh.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/preinstall.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ff9fa4780f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/preinstall.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,441 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#  This library is part of the FirebirdSQL project
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the Licence at
+#  http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
+#  
+#  As a special exception this file can also be included in modules
+#  with other source code as long as that source code has been 
+#  released under an Open Source Initiative certificed licence.  
+#  More information about OSI certification can be found at: 
+#  http://www.opensource.org 
+#  
+#  This module is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU Lesser General Public Licence for more details.
+#  
+#  This module was created by members of the firebird development 
+#  team.  All individual contributions remain the Copyright (C) of 
+#  those individuals and all rights are reserved.  Contributors to 
+#  this file are either listed below or can be obtained from a CVS 
+#  history command.
+# 
+#   Created by:  Mark O'Donohue <mark.odonohue@ludwig.edu.au>
+# 
+#   Contributor(s):
+#  
+# 
+#   $Id: preinstall.sh.in,v 1.1 2002-11-11 05:56:38 skywalker Exp $
+# 
+
+
+# The pre install routine for Firebird Classic
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Prompt for response, store result in Answer
+
+Answer=""
+
+AskQuestion() {
+    Test=$1
+    DefaultAns=$2
+    echo -n "${1}"
+    Answer="$DefaultAns"
+    read Answer
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  stop super server if it is running 
+#  Also will only stop firebird, since that has the init script
+
+
+stopServerIfRunning() {
+
+    checkString=`ps -efww| egrep "(fbserver|fbguard)" |grep -v grep`
+
+    if [ ! -z "$checkString" ] 
+      then
+        if [ -f /etc/init.d/firebird ]
+          then
+            /etc/init.d/firebird stop
+        elif [ -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/firebird ]
+          then
+            /etc/rc.d/init.d/firebird stop
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  stop server if it is running
+
+
+checkIfServerRunning() {
+
+
+    stopServerIfRunning
+
+# Check is server is being actively used.
+
+    checkString=`ps -efww| egrep "(fbserver|fbguard)" |grep -v grep`
+
+    if [ ! -z "$checkString" ] 
+      then
+        echo "An instance of the Firebird Super server seems to be running." 
+        echo "(the ibserver or ibguard process was detected running on your system)"
+        echo "Please quit all Firebird applications and then proceed"
+        exit 1 
+    fi
+
+    checkString=`ps -efww| egrep "(fb_inet_server|gds_pipe)" |grep -v grep`
+
+    if [ ! -z "$checkString" ] 
+      then
+        echo "An instance of the Firebird classic server seems to be running." 
+        echo "(the gds_inet_server or gds_pipe process was detected running on your system)"
+        echo "Please quit all Firebird applications and then proceed." 
+        exit 1 
+    fi
+
+
+    # The following check for running interbase or firebird 1.0 servers.
+
+    checkString=`ps -efww| egrep "(ibserver|ibguard)" |grep -v grep`
+
+    if [ ! -z "$checkString" ] 
+      then
+        echo "An instance of the Firebird/InterBase Super server seems to be running." 
+        echo "(the ibserver or ibguard process was detected running on your system)"
+        echo "Please quit all Firebird applications and then proceed"
+        exit 1 
+    fi
+
+    checkString=`ps -efww| egrep "(gds_inet_server|gds_pipe)" |grep -v grep`
+
+    if [ ! -z "$checkString" ] 
+      then
+        echo "An instance of the Firebird/InterBase classic server seems to be running." 
+        echo "(the gds_inet_server or gds_pipe process was detected running on your system)"
+        echo "Please quit all Firebird applications and then proceed." 
+        exit 1 
+    fi
+
+
+#  This one is commented out, since it usually works out ok, we have
+#  checked that no procesers are active, but inetd/xinetd is still listening
+#  the best thing would be to turn the service off, but I don't have time
+#  to do all the xinetd/inetd stuff, see the preunistall.sh script for details
+#
+#    checkString=`netstat -an | egrep '3050.*LISTEN'`
+#
+#    if [ ! -z "$checkString" ] 
+#      then
+#        echo "An instance of the Firebird/InterBase server seems to be running." 
+#        echo "(netstat -an reports a process is already listening on port 3050)"
+#        echo "Please quit all Firebird applications and then proceed." 
+#        exit 1 
+#    fi
+
+
+# Stop lock manager if it is the only thing running.
+
+    for i in `ps -efww | grep "gds_lock_mgr" | grep -v "grep" | awk '{print $2}' `
+     do
+        kill $i
+     done
+
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Run process and check status
+
+
+runAndCheckExit() {
+    Cmd=$*
+
+#    echo $Cmd
+    $Cmd
+
+    ExitCode=$?
+
+    if [ $ExitCode -ne 0 ]
+      then
+        echo "Install aborted: The command $Cmd "
+        echo "                 failed with error code $ExitCode"
+        exit $ExitCode
+    fi
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Display message if this is being run interactively.
+
+
+displayMessage() {
+
+    msgText=$1
+    if [ ! -z "$InteractiveInstall" ]
+      then
+        echo $msgText
+    fi
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Archive any existing prior installed files.
+#  The 'cd' stuff is to avoid the "leading '/' removed message from tar.
+#  for the same reason the DestFile is specified without the leading "/"
+
+
+archivePriorInstallSystemFilesX() {
+
+    oldPWD=`pwd`
+    archiveFileList=""
+
+    cd /
+
+
+    DestFile="$FBRootDir"
+    if [ -e "$DestFile"  ]
+      then
+        echo ""
+        echo ""
+        echo ""
+        echo "--- Warning ----------------------------------------------"
+        echo "    The installation target directory: $FBRootDir"
+        echo "    Already contains a prior installation of Firebird."
+        echo "    This and files found in /usr/include and /usr/lib will be"
+        echo "    archived in the file : ${ArchiveMainFile}"
+        echo "" 
+
+        if [ ! -z "$InteractiveInstall" ]
+          then
+            AskQuestion "Press return to continue or ^C to abort"
+        fi
+
+        if [ -e $DestFile ]
+          then
+            archiveFileList="$archiveFileList $DestFile"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+
+    for i in gds.h ibase.h iberror.h ib_util.h
+      do
+        DestFile=usr/include/$i
+        if [ -e $DestFile ]
+          then
+            archiveFileList="$archiveFileList $DestFile"
+        fi
+      done
+
+    for i in gds_pyxis.a gds.a @FIREBIRD_LIBGDS_SO@ libib_util.so libgds.a
+      do
+        DestFile=usr/lib/$i
+        if [ -e $DestFile ]
+          then
+            archiveFileList="$archiveFileList $DestFile"
+        fi
+      done
+
+    for i in usr/sbin/rcfirebird etc/init.d/firebird etc/rc.d/init.d/firebird etc/firebird.conf
+      do
+        DestFile=$i
+        if [ -e $DestFile ]
+          then
+            archiveFileList="$archiveFileList $DestFile"
+        fi
+      done
+
+      if [ ! -z "$archiveFileList" ]
+        then
+
+          displayMessage "Archiving..."
+
+          runAndCheckExit "tar -czf $ArchiveMainFile $archiveFileList"
+
+
+          displayMessage "Done."
+          displayMessage "Deleting..."
+
+          for i in $archiveFileList
+            do
+              rm -rf $i
+            done
+
+          displayMessage "Done."
+
+      fi
+    cd $oldPWD
+
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Archive any existing prior installed files.
+#  This is mainly for the .tar.gz install since rpm packages take care of
+#  thier own.
+
+
+
+archivePriorInstallSystemFiles() {
+
+
+    if [ ! -f manifest.txt ]
+      then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    archiveFileList=""
+
+    for i in `cat manifest.txt`
+      do
+        if [ ! -d /$i ]  # Ignore directories 
+          then
+            if [ -e /$i ]
+              then
+                archiveFileList="$archiveFileList $i"          
+            fi
+        fi
+      done
+
+
+
+    for i in usr/sbin/rcfirebird etc/init.d/firebird etc/rc.d/init.d/firebird
+      do
+        DestFile=./$i
+        if [ -e /$DestFile ]
+          then
+            archiveFileList="$archiveFileList $DestFile"
+        fi
+      done
+
+    deleteFileList="$archiveFileList"
+
+
+    # The following files want to be archived just in case but are not deleted 
+    # since they are a little special and are handled specially in the install
+
+    for i in etc/firebird.conf
+      do
+        DestFile=./$i
+        if [ -e /$DestFile ]
+          then
+            archiveFileList="$archiveFileList $DestFile"
+        fi
+      done
+
+
+    DestFile="$FBRootDir"
+
+    if [ ! -z "$archiveFileList" ]
+      then
+        cat <<EOF
+
+** Warning **
+    Some existing files have been detected from a prior install of 
+    FirebirdSQL (or InterBase).  These files will be archived in
+    file : ${ArchiveMainFile}
+    and then deleted.
+
+EOF
+
+        if [ ! -z "$InteractiveInstall" ]
+          then
+            AskQuestion "Press return to continue or ^C to abort"
+        fi
+
+    fi
+
+
+    if [ ! -z "$archiveFileList" ]
+      then
+
+        displayMessage "Archiving..."
+
+        runAndCheckExit "tar -C / -czf $ArchiveMainFile $archiveFileList"
+
+
+        displayMessage "Done."
+        displayMessage "Deleting..."
+
+
+        oldPWD=`pwd`
+        cd /
+        for i in $deleteFileList
+          do
+            echo $i
+            #rm -f $i
+          done
+
+        cd $oldPWD
+
+        displayMessage "Done."
+
+    fi
+
+
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Check for installed RPM package
+
+# (Pavel I've left this in since originally I could test for other packages,
+# even if they did not conflict with current ones, ie we can test InterBase
+# and CS/SS  The package manager does not allow it currently but I've left
+# this in in case that sort of thing gets allowed again
+
+checkForRPMInstall() {
+    PackageName=$1
+
+    rpm -q $PackageName
+    STATUS=$? 
+    if [ $STATUS -eq 0 ]
+      then 
+        echo "Previous version of $PackageName is detected on your system." 
+        echo "this will conflict with the current install of Firebird"
+        echo "Please unistall the previous version `rpm -q $PackageName` and then proceed." 
+        exit $STATUS 
+    fi 
+
+}
+
+
+
+#= Main Pre ================================================================
+
+    if  [ -z "$FirebirdInstallPrefix" ]
+       then
+        FirebirdInstallPrefix=@prefix@
+    fi
+    FBRootDir=$FirebirdInstallPrefix
+
+    FBBin=$FBRootDir/bin
+    ArchiveDateTag=`date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M"`
+    ArchiveMainFile="${FBRootDir}_${ArchiveDateTag}.tar.gz"
+
+
+
+# Ok so any of the following packages are a problem
+# these don't work at least in the latest rpm manager, since it 
+# has the rpm database locked and it fails.
+
+#    checkForRPMInstall InterBase
+#    checkForRPMInstall FirebirdCS
+#    checkForRPMInstall FirebirdSS
+
+
+    checkIfServerRunning
+
+# Failing that we archive any files we find
+
+    archivePriorInstallSystemFiles
+
+
diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/preuninstall.sh.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/preuninstall.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5c6609068c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/preuninstall.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+#  This library is part of the FirebirdSQL project
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the Licence at
+#  http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
+#  
+#  As a special exception this file can also be included in modules
+#  with other source code as long as that source code has been 
+#  released under an Open Source Initiative certificed licence.  
+#  More information about OSI certification can be found at: 
+#  http://www.opensource.org 
+#  
+#  This module is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU Lesser General Public Licence for more details.
+#  
+#  This module was created by members of the firebird development 
+#  team.  All individual contributions remain the Copyright (C) of 
+#  those individuals and all rights are reserved.  Contributors to 
+#  this file are either listed below or can be obtained from a CVS 
+#  history command.
+# 
+#   Created by:  Mark O'Donohue <mark.odonohue@ludwig.edu.au>
+# 
+#   Contributor(s):
+#  
+# 
+#   $Id: preuninstall.sh.in,v 1.1 2002-11-11 05:56:38 skywalker Exp $
+# 
+
+# The pre uninstall routines for Firebird Classic
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  stop server if it is running
+
+
+checkIfServerRunning() {
+
+# Check is server is being actively used.
+
+    checkString=`ps -ef| egrep "(gds_inet_server|gds_pipe)" |grep -v grep`
+
+    if [ ! -z "$checkString" ] 
+      then
+        echo "An instance of the Firebird/InterBase server seems to be running." 
+        echo "(the gds_inet_server or gds_pipe process was detected running on your system)"
+        echo "Please quit all interbase applications and then proceed." 
+        exit 1 
+    fi
+
+
+
+# Stop lock manager if it is the only thing running.
+
+    for i in `ps -ef | grep "gds_lock_mgr" | grep -v "grep" | cut -d' ' -f3`
+     do
+        kill $i
+     done
+
+}
+
+
+#= Main PreUn ================================================================
+# This is a bit simple, but should work for now.  
+# cron will remove files in /tmp after a while. 
+
+    if  [ -z "$FirebirdInstallPrefix" ]
+       then
+        FirebirdInstallPrefix=@prefix@
+    fi
+
+    FBRootDir=$FirebirdInstallPrefix
+    FBBin=$FBRootDir/bin
+
+    checkIfServerRunning
+
+    cd $FBRootDir
+    
+    if [ -f isc4.gdb ] 
+      then 
+        cp isc4.gdb /tmp 
+        echo "Saved a copy of isc4.gdb in /tmp" 
+    fi 
+    
+    for i in isc_init1* isc_event1* isc_lock1* isc_guard* firebird.log SYSDBA.password
+      do
+        if [ -f $i ]
+          then
+            rm -f $i
+        fi
+      done
diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/rpmfiles.txt.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/rpmfiles.txt.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f5c2f7ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/rpmfiles.txt.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/
+
+
diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/rpmheader.txt.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/rpmheader.txt.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f5220a6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/rpmheader.txt.in
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Summary: Firebird Relational Database Server and Client tools.
+Name: Firebird@ARCH_TYPE_SUFFIX@
+Version: @FIREBIRD_VERSION@.@FB_BUILD_NUM@
+Release: @FIREBIRD_PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Copyright: Distributable 
+Group: Applications/Databases 
+Source: FirebirdCS0.9src.tar.gz 
+URL: http://firebird.sourceforge.net 
+Prefix: /
+AutoReqProv: no 
+BuildArchitectures: @CPU_TYPE@
+# BuildRoot: /var/tmp/%{name}-buildroot
+BuildRoot: @BUILD_ROOT_DIR@/gen/buildroot
+
+%description
+Firebird is a powerful, high-performance relational database designed to be embedded into
+applications on multiple platforms.  
+
diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/tarMainInstall.sh.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/tarMainInstall.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..986ed5b5f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/tarMainInstall.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#  This library is part of the FirebirdSQL project
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the Licence at
+#  http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
+#  
+#  As a special exception this file can also be included in modules
+#  with other source code as long as that source code has been 
+#  released under an Open Source Initiative certificed licence.  
+#  More information about OSI certification can be found at: 
+#  http://www.opensource.org 
+#  
+#  This module is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU Lesser General Public Licence for more details.
+#  
+#  This module was created by members of the firebird development 
+#  team.  All individual contributions remain the Copyright (C) of 
+#  those individuals and all rights are reserved.  Contributors to 
+#  this file are either listed below or can be obtained from a CVS 
+#  history command.
+# 
+#   Created by:  Mark O'Donohue <mark.odonohue@ludwig.edu.au>
+# 
+#   Contributor(s):
+#  
+# 
+#   $Id: tarMainInstall.sh.in,v 1.1 2002-11-11 05:56:38 skywalker Exp $
+# 
+
+#  Install script for FirebirdSQL database engine
+#  http://www.firebirdsql.org
+
+# This is the new file !!!
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Prompt for response, store result in Answer
+
+Answer=""
+
+AskQuestion() {
+    Test=$1
+    DefaultAns=$2
+    echo -n "${1}"
+    Answer="$DefaultAns"
+    read Answer
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Prompt for yes or no answer - returns non-zero for no
+
+AskYNQuestion() {
+    while echo -n "${*} (y/n): "
+    do
+        read answer rest
+        case $answer in
+        [yY]*)
+            return 0
+            ;;
+        [nN]*)
+            return 1
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Please answer y or n"
+            ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Run process and check status
+
+
+runAndCheckExit() {
+    Cmd=$*
+
+#    echo $Cmd
+    $Cmd
+
+    ExitCode=$?
+
+    if [ $ExitCode -ne 0 ]
+      then
+        echo "Install aborted: The command $Cmd "
+        echo "                 failed with error code $ExitCode"
+        exit
+    fi
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Check for a previous install 
+
+
+checkInstallUser() {
+
+    if [ "`whoami`" != "root" ];
+      then
+        echo ""
+        echo "--- Warning ----------------------------------------------"
+        echo ""
+        echo "    You need to be 'root' user to install"
+        echo ""
+        exit
+    fi
+}
+
+
+
+#== Main Program ==========================================================
+
+
+InteractiveInstall=1
+export InteractiveInstall
+
+
+checkInstallUser
+
+BuildVersion=@FIREBIRD_VERSION@.@FB_BUILD_NUM@
+PackageVersion=@FIREBIRD_PACKAGE_VERSION@
+CpuType=@CPU_TYPE@
+
+Version="$BuildVersion-$PackageVersion.$CpuType"
+
+
+cat <<EOF
+
+Firebird @FIREBIRD_ARCH_TYPE@ $Version Installation
+
+EOF
+
+
+
+AskQuestion "Press Enter to start installation or ^C to abort"
+
+
+# Here we are installing from a install tar.gz file
+
+if [ -e scripts ]
+  then
+    echo "Extracting install data"
+    runAndCheckExit "./scripts/preinstall.sh"
+    runAndCheckExit "./scripts/tarinstall.sh"
+    runAndCheckExit "./scripts/postinstall.sh"
+
+fi
+
+echo "Install completed"
+
diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/tarMainUninstall.sh.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/tarMainUninstall.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b3831319c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/tarMainUninstall.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#  This library is part of the FirebirdSQL project
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the Licence at
+#  http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
+#  
+#  As a special exception this file can also be included in modules
+#  with other source code as long as that source code has been 
+#  released under an Open Source Initiative certificed licence.  
+#  More information about OSI certification can be found at: 
+#  http://www.opensource.org 
+#  
+#  This module is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU Lesser General Public Licence for more details.
+#  
+#  This module was created by members of the firebird development 
+#  team.  All individual contributions remain the Copyright (C) of 
+#  those individuals and all rights are reserved.  Contributors to 
+#  this file are either listed below or can be obtained from a CVS 
+#  history command.
+# 
+#   Created by:  Mark O'Donohue <mark.odonohue@ludwig.edu.au>
+# 
+#   Contributor(s):
+#  
+# 
+#   $Id: tarMainUninstall.sh.in,v 1.1 2002-11-11 05:56:38 skywalker Exp $
+# 
+
+#  Install script for FirebirdSQL database engine
+#  http://www.firebirdsql.org
+
+# This is the new file !!!
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Prompt for response, store result in Answer
+
+Answer=""
+
+AskQuestion() {
+    Test=$1
+    DefaultAns=$2
+    echo -n "${1}"
+    Answer="$DefaultAns"
+    read Answer
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Prompt for yes or no answer - returns non-zero for no
+
+AskYNQuestion() {
+    while echo -n "${*} (y/n): "
+    do
+        read answer rest
+        case $answer in
+        [yY]*)
+            return 0
+            ;;
+        [nN]*)
+            return 1
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Please answer y or n"
+            ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Run process and check status
+
+
+runAndCheckExit() {
+    Cmd=$*
+
+#    echo $Cmd
+    $Cmd
+
+    ExitCode=$?
+
+    if [ $ExitCode -ne 0 ]
+      then
+        echo "Uninstall aborted: The command $Cmd "
+        echo "                 failed with error code $ExitCode"
+        exit
+    fi
+}
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Check for a previous install 
+
+
+checkInstallUser() {
+
+    if [ "`whoami`" != "root" ];
+      then
+        echo ""
+        echo "--- Warning ----------------------------------------------"
+        echo ""
+        echo "    You need to be 'root' user to run uninstall"
+        echo ""
+        exit
+    fi
+}
+
+
+
+#== Main Program ==========================================================
+
+
+InteractiveInstall=1
+export InteractiveInstall
+
+
+checkInstallUser
+
+BuildVersion=@FIREBIRD_VERSION@.@FB_BUILD_NUM@
+PackageVersion=@FIREBIRD_PACKAGE_VERSION@
+CpuType=@CPU_TYPE@
+
+FBRootDir=@prefix@
+
+Version="$BuildVersion-$PackageVersion.$CpuType"
+
+
+cat <<EOF
+
+Firebird @FIREBIRD_ARCH_TYPE@ $Version Uninstall program
+
+Are you sure you want to proceed?
+
+EOF
+
+
+
+AskQuestion "Press Enter to start uninstall or ^C to abort"
+
+
+# Here we are uninstalling from a install tar.gz file
+
+scriptsDir=$FBRootDir/misc/scripts
+
+
+if [ -e $scriptsDir ]
+  then
+    echo "Extracting install data"
+
+    runAndCheckExit "$scriptsDir/preuninstall.sh"
+    runAndCheckExit "$scriptsDir/postuninstall.sh"
+
+    # This one is done last since it deletes the script files
+    # as well.
+    runAndCheckExit "$scriptsDir/taruninstall.sh"
+
+fi
+
+echo "Uninstall completed"
+
diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/tarinstall.sh.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/tarinstall.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f133f4d23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/tarinstall.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+#  This library is part of the FirebirdSQL project
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the Licence at
+#  http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
+#  
+#  As a special exception this file can also be included in modules
+#  with other source code as long as that source code has been 
+#  released under an Open Source Initiative certificed licence.  
+#  More information about OSI certification can be found at: 
+#  http://www.opensource.org 
+#  
+#  This module is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU Lesser General Public Licence for more details.
+#  
+#  This module was created by members of the firebird development 
+#  team.  All individual contributions remain the Copyright (C) of 
+#  those individuals and all rights are reserved.  Contributors to 
+#  this file are either listed below or can be obtained from a CVS 
+#  history command.
+# 
+#   Created by:  Mark O'Donohue <mark.odonohue@ludwig.edu.au>
+# 
+#   Contributor(s):
+#  
+# 
+#   $Id: tarinstall.sh.in,v 1.1 2002-11-11 05:56:38 skywalker Exp $
+# 
+
+# THe way this works is that the buildroot file is stored relative to the root
+# directory and a tar -xzf at root directory will restore all the files in 
+# the position that we want them to be
+
+OrigDir=`pwd`
+
+cd /
+
+tar -xzf $OrigDir/buildroot.tar.gz 
+
+cd $OrigDir
diff --git a/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/taruninstall.sh.in b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/taruninstall.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e0ac2c4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/install/arch-specific/linux/classic/taruninstall.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+#  This library is part of the FirebirdSQL project
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the Licence at
+#  http://www.gnu.org/licences/lgpl.html
+#  
+#  As a special exception this file can also be included in modules
+#  with other source code as long as that source code has been 
+#  released under an Open Source Initiative certificed licence.  
+#  More information about OSI certification can be found at: 
+#  http://www.opensource.org 
+#  
+#  This module is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU Lesser General Public Licence for more details.
+#  
+#  This module was created by members of the firebird development 
+#  team.  All individual contributions remain the Copyright (C) of 
+#  those individuals and all rights are reserved.  Contributors to 
+#  this file are either listed below or can be obtained from a CVS 
+#  history command.
+# 
+#   Created by:  Mark O'Donohue <mark.odonohue@ludwig.edu.au>
+# 
+#   Contributor(s):
+#  
+# 
+#   $Id: taruninstall.sh.in,v 1.1 2002-11-11 05:56:38 skywalker Exp $
+# 
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# removeInstalledFiles
+# 
+removeInstalledFiles() {
+
+    manifestFile=$FBRootDir/misc/manifest.txt
+
+    if [ ! -f  $manifestFile ]
+      then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    origDir=`pwd`
+    
+    cd /
+
+    for i in `cat $manifestFile`
+      do
+        if [ -f $i -o -L $i ]
+          then
+            rm -f $i
+            #echo $i
+        fi
+    done
+
+    cd $origDir
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# removeUninstallFiles
+# Under the install directory remove all the empty directories 
+# If some files remain then 
+
+removeUninstallFiles() {
+    # remove the uninstall scripts files.
+    #echo $FBRootDir/misc/scripts
+    rm -rf $FBRootDir/misc/scripts
+    rm -f $FBRootDir/misc/manifest.txt
+    rm -f $FBRootDir/bin/uninstall.sh
+
+}
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# removeEmptyDirs
+# Under the install directory remove all the empty directories 
+# If some files remain then 
+# This routing loops, since deleting a directory possibly makes
+# the parent empty as well
+
+removeEmptyDirs() {
+
+    dirContentChanged='yes'
+    while [ ! -z $dirContentChanged ]
+      do
+        dirContentChanged=''
+        for i in `find $FBRootDir -empty -type d -print`
+          do
+            rmdir $i
+            dirContentChanged=$i
+        done
+
+        if [ ! -d $FBRootDir ]  # end loop if the FBRootDir was deleted.
+          then
+            dirContentChanged=''
+        fi
+
+      done
+}
+
+
+FBRootDir=@prefix@
+FBBin=$FBRootDir/bin
+
+removeInstalledFiles  # Remove installed files 
+removeUninstallFiles  # Remove the 'uninstall' utility files
+removeEmptyDirs       # Remove empty directories