Ubuntu 9.1 Lazarus Always Loads Blank Project For Any .lpr File
lazarus / 1-Linux

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mrmikehicks · 2010-03-27 18:53

This is almost enough to make me want to just delete lazarus and
forget I ever heard of it.

I am using ubuntu 9.1 on an AMD64 Compaq Presario SR1710NX (whole hard
drive dedicated to linux)

I have the out of the box 'system/Administration/Synaptic Package
Manager/ version of Lazarus 9.26...  (not sure if they will ever
update it again looks like not)

IDE appears to work fine, I can create programs, run then in the IDE,
etc, all works fine. Then I save the project in a new directory or
even in the default directory (which for some reason is always the
last place I saved a project) all appears to be fine. However, if I
then leave lazarus and go to the file manager for that directory and
dbl-click on the .lpr file, it pulls up lazarus with a blank form like
I havent done a damn thing for the last 2 hours. This is really
getting frustrating. I have tried several programs, and it is always
the same, pulls up what looks like my project name with a clean slate,
blank form, blank .pas file, etc. I am including a tar file of a
simple hello world project. Anybody out there ever encountered this
one yet????

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mrmikehicks · 2010-03-27 19:22

May have solved the problem: After installing laz, I set file
properties on all the laz files to 'open with' lazarus. This doesn't
work. I went back and changed all the properties to open with gedit or
nothing (except the .pas files)  Now after opening lazarus, I can open
a .lpr file (with lazarus) and it will ask if I want to load the
project and all is fine. If I try to 'open recent' I still get the bad
behavior of blank form etc. I can work with this now, so will keep
lazarus for another few days at least.

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cpalx · 2010-03-27 19:27

you should try to use lazarus 0.9.28 version

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mrmikehicks · 2010-03-27 21:52

How do I get that version thru synaptics??

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cpalx · 2010-03-27 23:10

download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/  a deb
version (i386 or amd64) depends on your architecture.

the installation is just doble click

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Troodon · 2010-03-27 23:52

Have you checked how Lazarus is launched in Linux, the actual command
line in the Ubuntu menu? It's :

Code: [Select]startlazarus %f
Try it that way in "Open with" (custom command).

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Zoran · 2010-03-28 07:45

Instead of using Synaptic in Ubuntu 9.10 do this:  (Short version -
get Lazarus). It works perfectly and it's very simple.

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newman · 2010-04-01 07:05

Yes the script file worked very well for my Ubuntu 9.10 installation.

Its is better than getting from synaptic or directly from the site.

thanks
nm