howto install lazarus on Moblin2
lazarus / 1-Linux

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mellumnav · 2010-01-24 22:52

having become a recent convert to linux through moblin  I expected to
be able to get up and running with lazarus pretty quickly.... 5 days
later I'm still scratching my head   much to my embarrassment as I
know my way around linux from way back.

whats the easiest way to get lazarus up and running on moblin2, please
help as its frustrating to have to track down rpms manually.  I just
want something simple, not a list of commands which I'll probably get
wrong. 

maybe the first project I should write is a simple installer which
finds and installs rpms needed to install lazarus.

Thanks

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Troodon · 2010-01-25 00:28

As Moblin is a platform for mobile devices one would expect to find
limited hardware resources on such a machine (except, perhaps, the
graphics chip). Therefore, installing Lazarus/FPC on Moblin may not be
practical (just like installing Lazarus/FPC on Windows Mobile or
iPhone OS). Developing software in Lazarus/FPC for Moblin might be
possible though.

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Ñuño_Martínez · 2010-01-25 14:16

I think it's no possible (or as Troodon said, it's impractical).

The "correct" way to develop to a mobile platform is cross-compiling.
That is develop in Linux, Windows or MacOS, then create the executable
for the target platform, then test it in an emulator and finally (when
it has no bugs) test it in a real device.

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mellumnav · 2010-02-06 12:40

I actually want to *install* lazarus on my netbook running moblin as
its the only linux I have. Theres no issue with limited resources
processor graphics or sound as it runs pretty heavy weight apps
anyway. I'm developing apps for myself so what does it matter about
cross compiling etc etc.  I'm a seasoned Delphi developer and just
want to dabble on linux, so should I be using Java instead of lazarus?