Linux Installation
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In the following description the # character is used a placeholder for your version of Kylix (i.e. 1 or 2).

1.   Delete any prior or demo version of TurboDB from your system and shut down Kylix.

2.   Un-tar the file into one single directory, e.g:
   tar -xzf tdb60l.tgz (Kylix 1) or
   tar -xzf tdb65l.tgz (Kylix 2)

3.   Run Kylix and select Components/Install/Packages/Add.. in the IDE. Browse for the design time package called dclturbodb350.so.6.0 (Kylix 1) or dclturbodb350.so.6.5 (Kylix 2). It is located in the linux/Kylix# subdirectory of your TurboDB installation directory.
   In Kylix 1 you must set the directory filter to *.* to see the file.

4.   Select Tools/Configure Tools/Add/Browse... and add the file TurboDBViewer from the linux/bin/Kylix# subdirectory of your TurboDB installation.

5.   Select Tools/Environment.../Library and add the linux/Kylix# path of TurboDB to the library path.

6.   Read the topic "First Steps" in the HTML documentation found in the htmldoc subdirectory. The starting page for the documentation is index.html.

7.   Included in the package is the database management tool TurboDB Viewer, which is a Kylix application and such needs some of the Kylix libraries located in the bin/Kylix# subdirectory of your Kylix installation to run. TurboDB Viewer comes in two different versions for Kylix 1 and Kylix 2.
   Chances are that the necessary directory is already in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH or that there are already links from a library directory like /bin. If this is not the case you have to do it now in order to run TurboDB Viewer.

8.   If you experience any problems with the installation, please report to support@dataweb.de.