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Article #25805: Sockets subsystem error occurred during install of InterBase 5.5

Problem:
Installing InterBase version 5.5, at about 74% getting error " Sockets
subsystem error occurred".

Solution:
The information in this article applies to:
** InterBase version WI-V5.5.00.742

This error happens during the TCP/IP services configuration of the InterBase install.  

There is a patch available for download from our ftp site that should resolve this 
problem. The name of the file to download is 'install_patch.zip'  which contains
two files:

1. ibinstall.dll (the patch itself)
2. install_patch.txt (instructions for applying the patch)

The instructions for downloading it are as follows:

FTP HOW TO

     Downloading: 

             1. ftp ftp2.interbase.com (return) 
             2. login = "ftp" (return) 
             3. password = "their_email_address" (return) 
             4. cd blind (return) 
             5. bin (return) 
             6. get install_patch.zip (return) 
             7. bye (return) 


 


Last Modified: 12-OCT-00