Problems installing Lazarus in Kubuntu Hardy AMD64
lazarus / 1-Linux

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jtiedeman · 2008-06-28 22:14

I have tried both pkg mgrs and both say there in a break. I have tried
the missing dependencies, the first level of which is fp-units-gtk,
libgdk-pixbuf-dev, and libgtk1.2-dev, but attempts to install thete
individually result in another layer ofunmet dependencies. I was going
to try Kylix again, but can't find the install codes after ann these
years, and the free version I tried last year wouldn't install either.

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tech-pro · 2008-06-29 10:03

Installing Lazarus under Linux really is a big headache. I can't offer
specific help with Kubuntu. You have really got to install the
libraries that are required, if at all possible. The problem I had is
that there was a dependency on a file that was not available for my
particular system. The way I overcame it was to open the .deb package
in my file manager so that I could see the files inside. It is just
like an archive - you'll see "/usr/...". I dragged and dropped the
contents of the package that would not install because of an unmet
dependency into the place it was supposed to go. I just dragged "/usr"
to the root folder, and OK'd a message about "folder /user already
exists, files of the same name will be overwritten". I had to install
the Lazarus .deb the same way, since the package manager wouldn't do
it since it still thought the dependent package I installed manually
was not present. But it worked.

Another way is to install FPC (which hopefully you can do using the
package manager) and then install Lazarus from SVN. There are
instructions for doing that from the wiki. That will enable you to get
the latest version. I haven't tried that since I'm not familiar with
SVN, and I prefer to use the released, stable version.

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jtiedeman · 2008-08-02 16:27

Tried again after 100+ updates had been issued for hardy. This time
installed easily but the database components aren't there. I saw
something in another post which I am trying to find again and print so
that I can follow it step by step.  This, however, is true on only one
of tow computers with the same OS and same updates. The other one
gives the same message as before.

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jtiedeman · 2009-03-17 20:19

After many other problems with hardy, D moved to intrepid. Whay
synaptic didn't get for me, I dowloaded from this site and got Laz
running fairly well. Now if they would just add TdbLookupCombo, which
I think wal present in an earlier version.