Dont confuse the use of fpc and fpcsrc with lazarus
lazarus / 1-Linux

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lazybugger · 2006-01-20 01:54

Hi,

I am relatively new to installing lazarus but I've got it sussed on
Gentoo and Suse-9.2

One thing that is not at all obvious is the very different use of fpc
and fpcsrc. The source is not primarily used to compile fpc as you
would automatically expect.


In the context of installing lazarus (as opposed to just fpc
installing to have a pascal compiler) fpc binary package is installed
in order to build lazarus itself.

If you start lazarus in this state you will get a waring about missing
fpc source that you ignore at your peril.

You will be able to add std components to a form and even compile and
run a trivial project but you wont be able to do much more.

If you dblclick a button to add and event handler you'll get an error.
You need fpcsrc to go any further.

You can install the source in a location remote from where fpc is
installed.
You do not need to rebuild fpc or lazarus with the new source.

Just edit the environment settings to indicate where the source is and
everything falls into place.

There should maybe be some mention of this in the install notes.

Come to think if it there should be some install notes  

Hope that clears up some misunderstandings and saves some time.

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Vincent Snijders · 2006-01-20 07:27

Feel free to improve (or rewrite in a new page) the Installing Lazarus
page.