Fedora 8 and lazarus
lazarus / 1-Linux

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rschultz · 2008-03-23 18:02

I've finally been able to install fpc/lazarus (x86_64) on an AMDx64
with Fedora 8 without dependency errors. This is how I finally did it.

rpm -Uvh fpc-2.2.0-0.x86_64.rpm fpc-src-2.2.0-071110.x86_64.rpm fpc-
doc-2.2.0-10.fc8.x86_64.rpm lazarus-0.9.24-0.x86_64.rpm
Preparing...              
 ########################################### [100%]
   1:fpc                  
 ########################################### [ 25%]
Running on linux
Write permission in /etc.
Saved old config to /etc/fpc.cfg.orig
Found libgcc.a in /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2
Writing sample configuration file to /etc/fpc.cfg
   2:fpc-src              
 ########################################### [ 50%]
   3:fpc-doc              
 ########################################### [ 75%]
   4:lazarus              
 ########################################### [100%]

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Everything seems to be there but when I try to compile even a blank
form I get this message.

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libglib.so when searching
for -lglib
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lglib
project1.lpr(17,1) Error: Error while linking
project1.lpr(17,1) Fatal: There were 1 errors compiling module,
stopping

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When I try to install this rpm I get this message. So that was not the
problem. Some version issue I guess.

rpm -Uvh compiz-gnome-0.6.2-3.fc8.x86_64.rpm
Preparing...              
 ########################################### [100%]
        package compiz-gnome-0.6.2-3.fc8.x86_64 is already installed

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What's the solution to the libglib.so problem? I've tried recompiling
lazarus but that does not work and then lazarus will not even run.
I've got 2 earlier post so disregard them. I'm new to linux so I need
simple explanations for a simple person. I want to use lazarus with
Fedora 8.

thanks in advance
ron

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aurawin · 2008-03-23 20:11

Quote from: "rschultz"
What's the solution to the libglib.so problem? I've tried recompiling
lazarus but that does not work and then lazarus will not even run.
I've got 2 earlier post so disregard them. I'm new to linux so I need
simple explanations for a simple person. I want to use l
ron

Hi there,

I too have this problem.  I've installed the Gnome desktop but still
use KDE as well.  Same errors and no idea how to solve the problem.  I
have found the libglib.so installed though...

libglib.so is a link with respect to /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0
-Andy

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rschultz · 2008-03-30 18:44

I had not been able to get Lazarus to compile with Fedora 8. Being a
Newbie to Linux I probably had done some things wrong. In the forums I
found an install of Lazarus for SUSE by Ignace
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file;=viewto
pic&t;=3801
I decided to try essentially the same thing with Fedora 8.

The processor is an AMD Athlon BE 2400 so this would be an install for
x86_64.

I had tried so much stuff that I wanted to start with a fresh install
of Fedora 8. During the install I made sure that I selected
Development Library, Development Tools, GNOME Software Development and
X Software Development.

After the Fedora 8 install and updates these were the relevant
packages and their status as seen in the Fedora 8 Package Manager.
Lazarus was the only package that would need to be downloaded.
 
fpc-2.2.0-10.fc8.x86_64                                 available
fpc-doc-2.2.0-10.fc8.x86_64                          available
fpc-src.2.2.0-10.fc8.x86_64                           available
gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-35.fc8.x86_64               installed
gdk-pixbuf-devel-1:0.22.0-35.fc8.x86_64     installed
gtk+-devel-1:1.2.10-59.fc8.x86_64               available
gtk+-extra-2.1.1-6.fc8.x86_64                       available
gtk+-extra-devel-2.1.1-6.fc8.x86_64             available

In the Fedora 8 Package Manager I did these things in the following
order.

Selected fpc, fpc-doc and fpc-src in Package Manager then Apply. Good
result.

Selected gdk-pixbuf and gdk-picbuf-devel then Apply. Package Manager
asked for install disk and did some checks for glibc? and gtk? Good
result.

Selected gtk+-devel, gtk+-extra and gtk+-extra-devel then Apply. Good
result.

Downloaded Lazarus. I tried yum localinstall
lazarus-0.9.24-0.x86_64.rpm. Yum came back with missing dependency
lazarus =fpc-2.2.0 which was already installed. Do not understand. I
tried rpm with –nodeps. Rpm –Uvh –nodeps lazarus-0.9.24-0.x86_64.rpm.
 That worked fine. As far as I can see Lazarus works as expected.
Being a Newbie to Linux I’m not sure why the problem with yum
installing Lazarus. I guess something like yum does not know about the
repositories at sourceforge.net when it checked for dependencies.

Now on to trying to get up to speed in Linux.

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Pinkel · 2008-03-31 12:37

Worked for me on Fedora 8 using the instructions from http://wiki.laza
rus.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus#Installing_using_rpms, modifying
the shellscript a tiny bit

Code: [Select] #!/bin/sh
 URL=http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/lazarus

 #Wget wasn't installed by default?!
 system-install-packages wget

 wget $URL/fpc-2.2.0-0.i386.rpm
 wget $URL/fpc-src-2.2.0-071105.i386.rpm
 wget $URL/lazarus-0.9.24-0.i386.rpm

 system-install-packages fpc-* lazarus-*


I can recommend feeding the packages _always_ to system-install-
packages, instead of RPM or YUM, since this fedora package takes care
of all known dependencies by itself. It even asks for root password
when  you need one

-
Ivo