Lazarus 0.9.10 on (K)Ubuntu 5.10 -> mini-Howto
lazarus / 1-Linux

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mikiwoz · 2005-11-07 09:29

Yep, I have succeeded in making Laz work on Breezy, and for all those
Breezers out there, here's how I managed to do this:
(this was tested on Kubuntu 5.10, but should work as well on Ubuntu
5.10; I suppose it should also work on Hoarys)

1. alien
first, let's make ourselves a dir for the rpms:
Code: [Select]cd ~
mkdir lazarus

now, let's download the needed files, with your favourite dl manager
the files are:
Code: [Select]fpc-2.0.1-050923.i386.rpm
fpcsrc-2.0.1-050923.i386.rpm
lazarus-0.9.10-0.i386.rpm

be sure to have all the other required packages installed, here's the
list (thx to sekel):
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtop
ic&t=1492
(just drop the rpmlib ones).

ok, so we have the rpms. what now? alien them!
Code: [Select]alien fpc-2.0.1-050923.i386.rpm
alien fpcsrc-2.0.1-050923.i386.rpm
alien lazarus-0.9.10-0.i386.rpm
(be patient, it'll take a while; and yes, I don't like alien too, but
this time it actually works)

after aliening, we should have three cute debs in our directory. let's
install them, then!
Code: [Select]dpkg -i fpc_2.0.1-50924_i386.deb
dpkg -i fpcsrc_2.0.1-50924_i386.deb
dpkg -i lazarus_0.9.10-1_i386.ded

smashing. so that's where everybody got. nothing special here. now's
the time to make it actually work.
(of course, you can now delete the lazarus directory with all the
files - but be catious, as if something goes wrong, you will have to
dl those 60MB again  )

2. paths
yep, the whole problem is with paths. happily I had my ~/.lazarus dir
backed up from my old Mdk install... that gave me a hint.

step one: Environment -> Environment Options -> Files
Lazarus Directory:
/usr/lib/lazarus/
Compiler Path:
/usr/bin/ppc386
FPC Source Directory:
/usr/share/fpcsrc/

step two: Project -> Compiler Options -> Paths
Other Unit Files:
/usr/lib/fpc/$fpcversion/units/$fpctarget/;/usr/lib/fpc/$fpcversion/un
its/$fpctarget/*/;/usr/lib/fpc/$fpcversion/units/$fpctarget/rtl/;$(Laz
arusDir)/lcl/
(thx to j list, thread: http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?na
me=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=1490)
Include Files:
$(LazarusDir)/lcl/include/
Other Sources:
$(LazarusDir)/lcl/;$(LazarusDir)/lcl/interfaces/$(LCLWidgetType)/
Unit Output Directory:
some user-writeable dir

...and that's all folks. hth.
cheers
mike

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Vincent Snijders · 2005-11-07 10:45

Maybe you can add  this to the wiki or merge it with an existing
paragraph for debian found here.

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berghem · 2005-11-07 15:22

I have Ubuntu 5.10, but i can't use Lazarus because when I compile my
source Lazarus answer me "Can't find unit interfaces".
I follow howto's mikiwoz but i have this error
Why

Please sorry for my english

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Vincent Snijders · 2005-11-07 15:28

Because you are using a different compiler than the one lazarus and
the LCL (unit interfaces) is compiled with.

Guess: this fpc rpm is not the first one you installed on your system.

See also this FAQ.

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fab25 · 2005-11-14 05:04

Well this looks like killing a bug with a nuke.
If you had specifiedQuote alien -c for the export, then the path is
already set and there's no need to configure whatsoever after the
install :wink: At least it works at my place. The only stuff I have
left is UTF-8 for which lazarus complaints but other than that
everything works perfectly.

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mikiwoz · 2005-11-14 16:10

thanks, I'm new to apt-based distros, didn't know that

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Anonymous · 2005-11-20 18:12

it just don't work. debs are not usable

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mikiwoz · 2005-11-21 10:21

What doesn't work and what are the error messages? On what system?
Which files have you downloaded? Man, we're not fortune-tellers here,
we need some information.

Cheers
mike