Package will install on "next start"
lazarus / 1-Linux

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djogon · 2005-05-31 18:36

I compiled a component package. (The JPEG one) and it all vent just
fine.

Lazarus restarted itself after rebuilding, but there was not sign of
the components.

I looked the the compoenent graph and it says
"Install on next start"

So I quite Lazarus, start it again, but the message stays there.

What am I doing wrong?

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matthijs · 2005-05-31 18:40

What OS are you running? Is the proper Lazarus version started?

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djogon · 2005-05-31 18:59

I am running Lazarus on Gentoo Linux

The only version I have is 0.9.6 and FPC 1.9.8

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matthijs · 2005-05-31 20:31

On linux: If you installed Lazarus as root, you'll probably need to
install packages as root as well. So try to start lazarus as root and
build it again. Or make sure you have write right in the lazarus
directory tree.

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djogon · 2005-05-31 23:35

Ok.

- I copied the components folder out of the lazarus folder structure
and gave it full permissions. did not work
- I changed the WHOLE lazarus folder and all subfolders so that I am
the owner rather than root. Did not work

- I finally gave up - started lazarus asa root and compiled the stuff
in - that worked.

THANKS for the suggestion.

It would be nice to know which file(s) need to have write permission
so that users can install components as well.

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glober · 2005-06-01 00:49

Quote from: "djogon"I am running Lazarus on Gentoo Linux

The only version I have is 0.9.6 and FPC 1.9.8While it is easy and
convenient to install FPC and Lazarus via Portage, the down side is
that the versions available are not very current, even using the
unstable mask (which is suprising to me as other Gentoo stuff gets
updated pretty quick). The other thing is that Portage (and probably
RPM or Apt-get) will install Lazarus into the /usr directory so there
are permissions issues when re-building Lazarus. The best way I find
is to use CVS. For FPC I CVS download as root and user. I install as
root (due to install permission problems), and user has his own
download for sources access. For Lazarus I just download as user, and
run Lazarus out of the user CVS download directory (only"make", no
"make install" done). Result = Uptodate with no permission problems.

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djogon · 2005-06-01 04:19

Good suggestion. I wonder if it actually makes sence to create a
"private" addition to Portage for Lazarus and FPC.

But simple script can do it all anyway - get the latest CVS, compile
and so on ... I will give it a shot.

Thanks!

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glober · 2005-06-01 04:41

Quote from: "djogon"Good suggestion. I wonder if it actually makes
sence to create a "private" addition to Portage for Lazarus and FPC.

For FPC, having both portage and CVS versions is probably a real bad
idea. I only have the CVS FPC installed, but for Lazarus I actually
have both the portage and CVS versions installed. Since the CVS
version resides in its own user directory, there are no conflicts. I
don't actualy need the portage Lazarus, I don't use it much. It's
mostly for back-up use.