converting windows program to linux
lazarus / 1-Linux

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EmielPeeters · 2008-11-18 09:29

Hi,

In the past I allways used Delphi for windows application, I recently
discoverd Lazarus and free pascal and this works amazing.

I have written my application for windows, on a windows pc. The same
program needs to run on a linux machine.  It is a very simple and
short program of opening and saving some files.

How do I do this?
Do I need to get a linux version from Lazarus and/or Free pascal and
install it on a linux OS?

Is it possible to convert the windows source files from my program
directly into a linux version.

Can sombody give me an idea how to get started with this?

Thanks,

Emiel

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Vincent Snijders · 2008-11-18 09:46

The ideal picture is this:
* Install Lazarus on a linux computer, preferably the same
Lazarus/Free Pascal version as you have on your Windows computer.
* Copy your sources to the linux computer
* Open the project file (.lpi) on you linux computer
* Compile and run the application.

Lazarus: write once, compile everywhere ;-)

Edited after hint from Theo, thanks.

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theo · 2008-11-18 10:33

@Vincent: Wasn't that "write once. COMPILE anywhere" ? ;-)

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Leledumbo · 2008-11-18 10:42

You can directly generate linux binaries under Windows. You just need
i386-linux-ld (since FPC doesn't have internal linker for ELF yet) and
a BUNCH of libraries from the target OS. Here's the list of files you
need.

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Sternas Stefanos · 2008-11-18 20:28

My way:
  1) Install the free version of Vmware Server from (
http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ )
  2) Install VM Linux or Windows, I use ubuntu 32/64bit and all
windows ver
  3) Download CodeTyphon from ( http://www.pilotlogic.com )
  4) Unzip/Install CodeTyphon to host PC and vm guests
  5) Build FPC/Lazarus to host PC and vm guests (read install.htm)
  6) have fun... and forget Delphi